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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Claymore mines and bouncing Bettys.
No maintenance and cheap.
Better set up a huge air-cushion on the other side of the wall.
There is but one reason that the libs want the flood of illegal immigrants to continue - votes. They vote (illegally, of course) almost exclusively democrat.
Deport them ALL now! If libs don’t like it, they can move to Mexico also.
Build a Wall.
Defund Sanctuary Cities.
Problem Solved.
NEXT!
He can not protect the people within his own borders
He’s only trying to protect his own financial interests. “Remittances,” next to oil, are Mexico’s greatest source of revenue. And you wonder why they’re pushing them here?
Yeah yeah. What ever you say, Pancho.
What a dumba$$. Not smart enough to run his country in a way that people want to live there in the first place.
This little twit will be selling tacos on a street corner if he wants to fight President Trump.
Say bye-bye to Ram trucks assembly leaving Mexico now. What do you think is leaving next smart-ass.
How about taking your criminals back then? We’ll bring them to the border, ok?
Mexico having a meltdown because their detritus is being pushed back across the border for them to deal with.
Expel 'em, shut them down!
He seems to have forgotten that the U.S. isn't REQUIRED to have Mexican consulates on our soil, let alone one in every state. If they are engaging in and/or supporting illegal activity, we have every right to shut them down and deport the consulates' staffs. Just saying.
How about protecting Americans in Mexico instead of enforcing their laws like they want us to ignore our laws????
This is satire, right?
If this isn’t satire (it reads like it) then Nieto has some mighty big ballz claiming HE will defend illegals in OUR country.
Here’s a clue: Nyet-O is NOT MY PRESIDENT.
And MY PRESIDENT’s ballz are bigger!
“Where there is a Mexican migrant at risk that requires our support, your country should be there, Peña Nieto said “.
If they weren’t at risk and your country supported them they wouldn’t need to cross the border for a better life.
What’s he gonna do, send in the Mexican Army or Federalize the cartels?
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