Posted on 01/26/2017 4:47:33 AM PST by BradtotheBone
Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders to curb illegal immigration, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto promised Wednesday night to protect Mexicans in the United States.
"Where there is a Mexican migrant at risk that requires our support, your country should be there," Peña Nieto said in a brief address to his nation, which he said was a response to Trump's actions earlier in the day.
"Our communities are not alone," Peña Nieto said. "The Mexican Government will provide them with the legal advice, which guarantees the protection they require."
Specifically, he said, "the 50 Mexican consulates in the United States will become authentic advocates for the rights of migrants." He didn't provide details on what he said he wanted them to do.
Peña Nieto is scheduled to meet with Trump next Tuesday to discuss trade and immigration. But after Trump signed the two orders — one to begin steps to fund Trump's promised wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and the other to significantly boost the U.S. Border Patrol — Peña Nieto said he was consulting with Mexican officials in Washington to decide on "the next steps."
While he stopped short of canceling the meeting, he insisted: "Mexico offers and demands respect as the fully sovereign nation we are."
Peña Nieto said he "regrets and rejects" Trump's orders Wednesday because "Mexico does not believe in walls."
"I have said it over and over again: Mexico will not pay for any wall," he stressed.
The showdown over immigration isn't the only tense topic on the agenda for next week's meeting, assuming it goes forward. Trade would also be a key issue of discussion with Trump, who promised during his campaign to renegotiate the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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FUEPN
These are NOT IMMIGRANTS!
They are INVADERS that have entered the country ILLEGALLY!
These are NOT IMMIGRANTS!
They are INVADERS that have entered the country ILLEGALLY!
“Mexico does not believe in walls.”
LOLOLOL!! Except around your presidential palace and on your southern border.
FUMexico
Mexico is really, really stupid.
Over 90% of these should be closed, period.
Nieto wants us to respect the sovereignty of Mexico?
Are you kidding me?
While his citizens invade our country?
How about welcoming them home with open arms? And a little bit of law and order?
If you are going to protect your citizens, why don’t you come and bring them home?
You may not believe, but walls are very effective. They always have been, throughout history. The Mexican president's statement is silly, meant for political consumption only.
We could replace the walls with M2-HBs every 25 yards, then.
Hey Mexico, how about if we SEND ALL MEXICANS HOME TO MEXICO? A day without Mexicans in the US would be a dream come true. And you can them protect them at home. We sure don’t want them, not a single one of them.
Sooner not later, w/ the peso in freefall, he'll realize that he must come to an agreement w/ the US and that the US will dictate the terms.
I want to see a free and prosperous Mexico that is a true friend and valued ally, but that does not mean that we subsidize the social pathologies that are destroying that nation.
Hilarious hypocrisy considering how Mexico deals with illegals. And saying how you’ll protect your invading forces rights when your country is a shythole they flee. Such a joke. I want Trump to confront Mexico about their own laws.
Some photos of mexicos southern border would be illustrative
Walls are a physical barrier. Based in concrete reality. Something that liberalism refuses to accept.
Trump can make people aware of this.
I see Trump doing just that if they try this.
How about closing those Mexican consulates?
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