Mexican Government Accepts Trump Triumph, But Will Still Meddle
Well, they really had to, didn’t they? Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced after the election that he had spoken with Donald Trump to congratulate him, that they had a cordial conversation and would work together—your basic statement about a foreign head of state. [ Una oportunidad, nuevo capítulo en la relación México-EU: Peña Nieto Excelsior, November 9, 2016. ]
But Pena Nieto also said this:
We have inseparable links with the American society, the best example is the Mexican community that lives in the United States. They are families that contribute daily to the development of both nations. As president of Mexico, I will give the best of my ability, heart and soul, to protect the rights, well-being and interests of Mexicans, wherever they are found . "Mi prioridad ha sido y seguirá siendo, cuidar a México y proteger a los mexicanos": EPN Mexican Presidential Website, November 9, 2016
The Mexican president is referring to Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the U. S. Regardless immigration status or citizenship, Mexico considers Mexicans in the U.S. to be part of the “Mexican community”—i.e. a Fifth Column.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE) was right on top of this Trump thing as well. Excelsior reports that the foreign ministry
maintains coordination with the 50 consulates and the ambassador of Mexico in the United States, Carlos Manuel Sada Solana, to attend the needs, orient the fellow Mexicans and reiterate that the rights of Mexicans inside and outside of the country will never be negotiable.
[ Derechos de los mexicanos en EU, no son negociables: SRE , Excelsior (from Notimex), November 13, 2016.]
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So the SRE says the rights of Mexicans in the U.S. are not negotiable. But if they’re living in another country, don’t the laws of that country have something of a say over them?
I lived in Mexico a decade and a half. Although I was an American citizen, wasn’t I supposed to respect Mexican law when I was residing there?
It was also reported in the same Excelsior column that Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu [Tweet her]held a meeting with the North American Undersecretariat, and “they analyzed the results of the elections in the United States and discussed concrete actions over the future of the bilateral relationship.” Read more >>