Mexico has 46 consulates in the U.S., more than any other country. Their latest is in St. Paul, MN, and they're building one in Little Rock, AR.

Unlike other countries' consuls, Mexico's are quite activist and do not hesitate to attempt to meddle in our internal laws and policies. For example, attending city council meetings trying to get cities to accept Matricula Consular cards, aka IDs for illegals (examples from Napa, CA; Ventura County, CA; Richfield, MN; St. Clair County, MI). For other examples, see a description of the activities of Teodoro Maus.

The latest example of their attempts to influence our policies is in "Mexican official: Farmingville among places for top anti-Mexican acts". Suffolk County (Long Island) Executive Steve Levy has been cracking down on illegal housing, in one case a house which contained dozens of illegal aliens. The Mexican consulate, the "Latino community" and "Latino leaders", and various far-left groups are not just up in arms, they appear to be working together in opposition to Levy.

Note that the titular official, Arturo Sarukhan, spoke at the "Hempstead headquarters of the Workplace Project, a nonprofit pro-immigrant group." And:

Sarukhan called on Levy to meet with day laborers and advocates the county executive has called "extremists," including Nadia Marin-Molina of the Workplace Project, the Rev. Allan Ramirez of the Brookville Reformed Church and Patrick Young of the Long Island Immigrant Alliance.

"They are my friends and they have done a fantastic job in defending the day laborers," said Sarukhan, who also spent the day meeting with Latino leaders and politicians including Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington).

Questions for those politicians who won't do anything about illegal immigration:
1. Do Sarukhan's actions represent a violation of consular protocol?
2. Why are you allowing a foreign government to meddle in our internal politics?
3. Won't this meddling just get worse under any sort of guest worker program or "adjustment of status" scheme?
4. And, finally, wouldn't we all be much better off if we didn't have to deal with this issue? Is that "cheap" labor really worth it?