A new immigration law took effect in Mexico on Tuesday aimed at better protection of undocumented migrants passing through Mexican territory on their way to the United States.

The new law will permit undocumented migrants to obtain a special visa when entering Mexico from either Guatemala or Belize and tries to enact reforms in the country's immigration ministry, which has been implicated as complicit in criminal acts such as kidnapping migrants.

"Today, Mexico is doing its part to improve the immigration system in North America," President Felipe Calderon said during a ceremony in which he signed the law.

"This, without doubt, is advanced legislation, bold legislation, immigration legislation with few precedents in the world," he said.

Migrants have been attacked and kidnapped in increasing numbers in Mexico. The National Human Rights Commission has reported that 11,333 migrants were abducted by criminal groups, including Los Zetas, during a six-month survey period in 2010.

we kind of have that here

its called a work visa, get verification from an employer who will sponsor you, and you can pretty much enter without issue,,,

we should be thanking the cartels, they are doing a better job than our government...

No what this is is Calderon giving us the bird! We should invade and conquer Mexico then give it back to Spain.

well, in 6 months time, the cartels stopped 11,000 illegals from crossing our borders... can our government say that?

That was in response to the other comment. Our government has failed us for decades when it comes to immigration and started when the brasero (sp) program was killed.