Obama Honor Mexico At State Dinner

Reporting from Washington
President Obama's second official state visit noon blended elegance with an extra helping of security that he and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife, Margarita Zavala, on Wednesday evening.

Among the 200 dinner guests were Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Eva Longoria Parker, comedian George Lopez, and Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.

Longoria Parker hit a political note to make her entrance, calls the new Arizona immigration law punitive.

Longoria Parker hit a political note to make her entrance, said the dinner was timed to "temperature" over immigration. She took a shot at new Arizona immigration legislation, calling it punitive, "said immigration should be a federal matter.

Villaraigosa also weighed in on immigration, said he expected a fair, comprehensive reform under Obama.

Lopez told reporters: "I sit with a president. They would not tell me what country."

Beyonce head linen the after dinner singing in English and Spanish.

The four-course dinner was held in the East Room, the largest square in the Executive Mansion, which was vibrantly decorated with gold rim china, turquoise silk tablecloths and lush fuchsia-colored floral bouquets.

It was the second state of noon of the 16-month-old Obama presidency. The first was characterized by three intruders, and thus the heavy security on Wednesday.

Illinois state Sen. Iris Martinez said she went through three or four checkpoints before the dinner. "A lot of security: three short questions," said another guest, Maria Elena Salinas, a Miami-based anchor for Univision.