You can’t imagine how little I care about the opinion of the Mexican government on immigration at this point.

This is the government that refuses to do anything about millions of its citizens pouring into our country illegally. In fact, the government actively helps its citizens sneak into the United States. The same government sends its leader to the United States Congress to condemn a state’s attempts to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, even while said government has stricter anti-immigration laws than we can imagine ever being implemented here.

So why am I writing this post? Because other people care. In fact, I imagine many liberals who didn’t give a rat’s behind about Barack Obama’s abysmal treatment of the Israeli Prime Minister will suddenly care what the Mexican government thinks about immigration enforcement.

Regarding the Administration’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard servicemen to the US Southern border, the Government of Mexico trusts that this decision will help to channel additional US resources to enhance efforts to prevent the illegal flows of weapons and bulk cash into Mexico, which provide organized crime with its firepower and its ability to corrupt.

Additionally, the Government of Mexico expects that National Guard personnel will strengthen US operations in the fight against transnational organized crime that operates on both sides of our common border and that it will not, in accordance to its legal obligations, conduct activities directly linked to the enforcement of immigration laws.

Mexico is determined to continue working on its side of the border to enhance the security and well-being of border communities, and to deter and dismantle organized crime and its links to drug trafficking and human smuggling.

As part of our joint strategy in the fight against transnational organized crime, there are actions that our two governments have undertaken together, and there are other measures taken independently by Mexico and by the US within their respective territories. In this regard, the Mexican Government fully respects the sovereign decisions of the US Government, but underscores that joint responsibility must continue to underpin our joint efforts in rolling-back transnational organized crime operating on both sides of the border.

Mexico respects American sovereignty? That’s a laugh. Millions of its citizens pour across our border illegally, and the Mexican government has been known (as previously mentioned) to aide them. Just a few months ago a Mexican military helicopter decided to go for a joyride over an American neighborhood. And we hear a constant stream of condemnations over the enforcement of existing, and relatively light, immigration laws.

But Mexico respects our sovereign decisions. “Don’t worry, baby. I’ll still respect you in the morning.”