'Dehumanizing': Mexico's president lashes out over Texas immigration law
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2024
4 minutes
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday condemed a Texas law that would give state authorities broad powers to arrest foreigners suspected of illegally crossing from Mexico into Texas.
After a day of back-and-forth court decisions that had left the law in effect for just hours, the Mexican president labeled the Texas statute "dehumanizing" and "anti-Christian."
He declared that Mexico would not accommodate the return by Texas officials of any migrants to Mexican territory — a stance that calls into question how the state law would be enforced if it is cleared by the courts.
"We would not accept deportations
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