Editing Racial profiling (section)

===Mexico===
The General Law on Population (Reglamento de la Ley General de Poblacion) of 2000 in Mexico has been cited as being used to racially profile and abuse immigrants to Mexico.<ref name="Seper-2010">{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/3/mexicos-illegals-laws-tougher-than-arizonas/|title=Mexico's illegals laws tougher than Arizona's|last=Seper|first=Jerry|date=2010-05-03|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Mexican law makes illegal immigration punishable by law and allows law officials great discretion in identifying and questioning illegal immigrants.<ref name="Seper-2010" /> Mexico has been criticized for its immigration policy. Chris Hawley of ''[[USA Today]]'' stated that "Mexico has a law that is no different from Arizona's", referring to legislation which gives local police forces the power to check documents of people suspected of being in the country illegally.<ref name="usa-mex-law">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-05-25-mexico-migrants_N.htm | title=Activists blast Mexico's immigration law | author=Hawley, Chris | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> Immigration and human rights activists have also noted that Mexican authorities frequently engage in racial profiling, harassment, and shakedowns against migrants from Central America.<ref name="usa-mex-law"/>