AMLO criticizes the anti-immigrant measures of Texas and Florida

President Mexican, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorcriticized this Monday the new anti-immigrant measures of the Republican governors of Texas, greg abbottand of Florida, Ron DeSantiswhom he accused of “politicking”.

The president questioned the announcement by Abbott, who hours before reported the deployment of a new unit of the National Guard that will operate with helicopters to prevent the entry of migrants from Mexico, in addition to laws to consider a “Serious felony” the illegal entry of migrants.

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“the governor of Texas He also said on one occasion that he was going to arm the border with cannons towards here, towards us, with tanks. And now what does he say? what helicopters There in their territory they can do it, nothing more than on this side of the border”, stated López Obrador.

The Republican governor revealed the new unit “Tactical Border Force”, which will use helicopters of the type black hawk and C130.

The measure was announced before the end of next Thursday of Title 42a measure that he adopted donald trump (2017-2021) and then the president continued Joe Biden to expel migrants on the grounds of the pandemic of the covid-19a declaration of emergency that is about to end in the US.

López Obrador also denounced that DeSantis, one of the favorites of the Republican Party to seek the Presidency in 2024 “now it is taking repressive, inhumane measures against migrants in Florida because you want to be a candidate”.

The Mexican president referred to the Florida law promulgated last week that will toughen the penalties for undocumented immigrants who work in that state and criminalize companies and citizens who help them.

“What can’t another proposal do to convince people? Why does he have to use the pain of the people, the pain of the migrant, the need of the people, to get political support?”, questioned the Mexican president.

The president has warned before that he will ask the Mexicans who live in USAabout 40 million, not to vote for Republicans and other anti-immigrant politicians in the next election.

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The president recalled that DeSantis and Abbott last year sent buses with migrants to northern US states.

“In an inhuman, vulgar and vile way they began to take migrants in the cold season to NYto Washingtonto the house of the vice president of USA (Kamala Harris) This was done by the Republicans, which really degrades them morally, humanly.”, he remarked.

López Obrador asked that “better make a proposal the governor of Texas and the governor of Florida, and the legislators of the Republican Party and some also of the Democratic Party so that weapons are not sold in supermarkets”.

Source: Elcomercio

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