in 45 minutes, president obama is scheduled to leave for mexico city for a face-to-face meeting with mexico s newly elected president. he took office in december and in a potentially confrontational change from his predecessor, he s expected to give u.s. authorities less access in fighting the drug war and organized crime. of course, immigration is also on the agenda, important for 33 million u.s. residents of mexican origin, who have the potential to increase pressure on congress to act. joining me now, jose diaz. always good to see you. thank you very much for coming to us from mexico city. good to see you, chris. thank you very much. let s start with immigration. good to see you. immigration, one of the subjects
the cub s opponent, yes, the arizona diamondbacks. organizers of the rally say america s favorite past time will be hit with a reality check. not sure how many protestors will show, but the group s facebook page has 800 followers right now. you ve seen it, it s everywhere. it s based in new york on long island. it s arizona in name only, it just sounded cool. they couldn t exactly call it long island iced tea, right? the company posted the word on the web page and felt it had to come clean after there was so much talk online about a beverage boycott. a neighbor is complaining about arizona loudly. mexico says the immigration law breeds intolerance, hatred and discrimination and that s just the start. our senior latin american affairs editor is here. about a quarter of the population is of mexican origin. in fact, according to the most