Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at her morning press conference. Photo: Mexican Presidential Office.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during an official tour that her government is attentive to the situation of undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States, in the context of the mass deportations announced by US President Donald Trump. In this regard, Sheinbaum also stated that no one should dare violate the sovereignty of Mexico.
“Mexico is strong because we have history and culture that comes from the indigenous peoples and the heroes of our country, who created this great nation to which we belong,” said the president during an event in the state of Michoacán in south-east Mexico.
“Here we are united, no one should dare violate our sovereignty, because Mexico is a free, sovereign and independent country. We Mexicans are always here to defend our country,” she stressed.
After US President Donald Trump declared a “national emergency” on the border with Mexico and sent military personnel there to carry out mass deportations of undocumented migrants, the Mexican president said that her government is strengthening consulates in the United States to provide legal support.
She called the Mexican migrants “heroes and heroines of our country,” and pointed out that Mexico received $65 billion in remittances in 2024, although “that represents only 20% of the income of our connationals in the US.”
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“Mexican migrants pay taxes and bolster the US economy. The US would not be what it is without the Mexicans who work on the other side of the border,” she said.
The Mexican head of state also highlighted that her government has set up 10 centers to assist Mexican nationals deported by the Trump administration, and all Mexicans in the US are welcome to return to their own country.
President Sheinbaum condemned foreign interference and reaffirmed the defense of sovereignty, amid the recent and upcoming negotiations with Washington on security, migration, and trade.
“Cooperation, yes; subordination, no. Collaboration, yes; submission, no. No interference, no interventionism, no racism, no classism,” proclaimed the president in her speech commemorating the anniversary of the Mexican Constitution of 1917.
(Sputnik)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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