REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS.- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday condemned 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 […]
Texas’ proposal to allow state police deportation of undocumented immigrants is rejected by Mexico
On Wednesday, November 15th, the Mexican government responded to the Texas Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4 — which creates a state crime for entering the state illegally from Mexico and allows state and local authorities to deport undocumented immigrants — saying it “categorically rejects” Texas’ latest proposal to arrest and deport immigrants to Mexico. […]