does Mexican ask immigrants their legal status?
Answer; Rights agency: Mexican police shouldn’t ask migrants’ legal status when they file complaints “By MARK STEVENSON | Associated Press Writer 8:51 PM EST, November 2, 2008 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission asked legislators on Sunday to change the country’s laws so that police would no longer have to ask migrants about their legal status when they file criminal complaints. The idea is to make it easier for undocumented migrants in Mexico to report crimes, abuses or extortion attempts against them, the commission said in a news release. In a letter to the Mexican Senate, the commission wrote that migrants should “be treated foremost as crime victims, regardless of their immigration status.” At present, Article 67 of Mexico’s Population Law requires police to ask foreigners to prove they are in the country legally before they can offer the migrants any kind of services. The commission called that “restrictive and repressive.” Tens of thousands of Central Am
