The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, warned this Wednesday, March 20, that his Government will not accept migrants deported by the Government of Texas if the “draconian law” SB4 comes into force, which on Tuesday the 19th was in force for a few hours in through divergent judicial rulings.
“If they tried to deport, for example, which is not their responsibility, We would not accept deportations, at once I advance it, of the Government of Texas and We are not going to stay with our arms crossed“said the president in his morning conference.
The Mexican president referred to the SB4 law, one of the most drastic anti-immigrant measures in the history of the United States, which would make it a crime for a foreigner to enter Texas irregularly, in addition to empowering state forces to carry out immigration arrests. and deportations.
Its application unleashed chaos on Tuesday, March 19, when the United States Supreme Court first allowed the law to be applied before hearing substantive arguments, but in the evening the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals suspended its entry into force.
Although López Obrador said he did not want to “advance” what the Government of Mexico would do if the legislation is ultimately applied, he spoke out against it.
“Of course, we are against this draconian law, completely opposed, contrary to human rights, a completely dehumanized law, anti-Christian, unjust, violative of precepts, norms, human coexistence, not only international law, but even violates the Bible,” he commented.
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“And I say this because those who apply these unjust, inhuman measures, go to the temples, They forget that the Bible talks about treating strangers well and, of course, love of neighbor. “They are some very hypocritical authorities, they protest with the Bible, and it is also a violation of international law,” he added.
Tensions between Mexico and the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, have grown since 2023 in the face of the border state’s increasing anti-immigrant measures, such as the buoys and the razor wire fence that he placed in the Rio Grande (or Grande) to deter migrants from crossing.
Just last February 20, López Obrador described the military camp that Abbott ordered to be built next to the river as “politicking.”
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The president has attributed the actions in Texas to the fact that this year the presidential elections of Mexico and the United States coincide.
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