Hey, you know what will be a great visual? The leader of a foreign country attacking a policy supported by overwhelming majorities of the American people…in front of the United States Congress.

“Thanks for inviting me to your country, holding a state dinner in my honor, and taking care of millions of my nation’s citizens who have shown absolutely no respect for your nation’s sovereignty or laws. Now let me tell you why you’re racist.”

WASHINGTON — Mexican President Felipe Calderon is taking his case for a fair and orderly overhaul of U.S. immigration policies to the people who can do something about it: members of Congress.

One day after private meetings with President Barack Obama and White House celebrations in his honor, Calderon pivots Thursday to the Capitol, where he will address a joint meeting of Congress. He is expected to push in the speech for immigration changes and emphasize the economic priorities that link the United States and Mexico…

Stoking the matter is a new law approved by Arizona lawmakers and set to take effect July 29 unless derailed by legal challenges. It requires police, in the context of enforcing other laws, to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are in the United States illegally.

Calderon calls that discriminatory, and Obama agrees the Arizona law could well be applied that way. He has ordered a Justice Department review.

First of all, Calderon heads a nation in which illegal aliens are thrown in prison. In fact, his country’s immigration laws are downright draconian compared to even our toughest counterparts.

Foreigners can be barred if they threaten to upset, “the equilibrium of the national demographics.” Foreigners who don’t contribute to the nation’s economy or interests, or those who aren’t in good enough physical or mental condition, are barred from entrance. Nor are those who show a disregard for Mexico’s sovereignty welcome.

Illegal entry into the country is equivalent to a felony punishable by two years’ imprisonment. Document fraud is subject to fine and imprisonment; so is alien marriage fraud. Evading deportation is a serious crime; illegal re-entry after deportation is punishable by ten years’ imprisonment.

And it goes on and on. Our court system would strike down half of Mexico’s immigration laws if we tried to implement them here. And yet Calderon, head of the same country whose citizens have flocked here illegally by the millions, dares to call our basic enforcement attempts discriminatory? Screw him.

Second, there’s a good chance Barack Obama hasn’t read the legislation. Attorney General Eric Holder hasn’t done so, as he admitted under oath before Congress. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano admitted the same. So the two individuals whose jobs are to deal with this law haven’t read the legislation but the president of the United States has? Call me skeptical.

Barack Obama and Felipe Calderon don’t like Arizona’s new law because it actually makes an effort to crack down on illegal immigration. Anything that upsets the open borders situation is unacceptable. Both leaders provide lip service to stopping the flow of illegal aliens even while doing everything possible to make sure the flow continues unabated.

If Calderon attacks an American state and the majority of the American people tomorrow over the law, members of Congress should walk out. If not, expect the fact they stayed behind to appear in opposing campaign commercials in November.