Posted on 02/09/2017 2:37:21 PM PST by BradtotheBone
Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican leftist 2018 presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plans to visit the United States on Sunday to talk with migrants and Americans about US President Donald Trump's "poisonous" rhetoric.
Lopez Obrador, who is leading in opinion polls for next year's elections, told the daily El Universal in an interview published on Thursday that Trump has shown a lack of respect for Mexico.
"This campaign -- because it is very poisonous -- of xenophobia, of causing hate, must be confronted," said the two-time presidential election runner-up.
"We, Mexicans, are being persecuted. It's all a political strategy, so I will go to the United States precisely because of this," said Lopez Obrador, who is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.
"I will talk to business owners and migrants of the world, but I am also very interested in speaking with Americans."
Trump's vow to make Mexico pay for a border wall has angered Mexicans and sparked patriotic pride in America's southern neighbor.
Lopez Obrador criticized President Enrique Pena Nieto, who defeated him in the 2012 election, for inviting Trump to Mexico when the Republican billionaire was still on the White House campaign trail in August.
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Follow the law.
OK SS, give the guy a thorough welcome.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Isn’t he the guy that took over the Drug Cartel after ElChapo was busted??
Obrador left his home ,which has a Wall around it BLAH BLAH BLAH
Well dang! We can’t have that, ship them all back to Mexico and save them from the abuse.
The State Department needs to cancel this anti-American agitator’s visa.
We, Mexicans, are being persecuted
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How are illegal aliens treated in Mexico?
If illegal aliens from any country don’t want to be PROsecuted they should leave now.
Isn't that redundant?
The #1 reason every homeowner in Mexico who can afford to build a wall around their house (quite often topped with broken bottles cemented into place) is that if they can afford to -- they cannot afford not to.
It's been that way for decades.
Enforcing immigration laws -- stopping unauthorized immigration is aimed not only at Mexican citizens, but most all of the rest of the world, too.
Stopping undocumented, illegal entry into the USA will help set the stage for increase of LEGAL, properly documented immigration, in the end becoming the best thing that could happen to the kind of immigrants America may chose to allow.
Presidential hopeful.....means he is backed by drug cartels.
So will he take some wetbacks home with him?
We know thar his talks will insight Riots, when they do, then Arrest him and send him to GITMO.
Bring cash and lots of it. Bricks cost $$$.
HEY LOPEZ... What does Mexico do to people that cross the border ILLEGALLY ?
Does he plan to enter the U.S. by climbing a fence, perhaps hidden under a load of water melons, maybe swim across and alligator infested river or walk across in some remote desert location? Arrest him when he sets foot on American soil for inciting riots which will surely happen. This is NOT MEXICO.
Dear mexican “leader”,
Why dont you mind your own f$&@&$)ing business and make Mexico not such a $hi$&&y place that millions of your own citizens feel the need to flee it like rats off a sinking ship. We have zero point zero obligation to feed and clothe your citizens, nor tolerate your criminals. Just hope and pray that Trump simply enforces our existing immigration laws and does not take it a step further and adopts the immigration laws of your “country”, word for word
Illegals, the free ride is over. Go back to Mexico or where they came from. Cut them off from all forms of welfare and check voter rolls for illegal voting and if so, charge them with a felony.
Is it wrong that I wish at least 200 or 300 armed citizens would show up at the venue?
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