The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that will call on Mexicans living in the United States not to vote for the party, whether it is the Republican o Democrat , who opposes the Immigration Reform proposed by President Joe Biden.
“I can almost tell you that if a party of the two that are in the United States (Democrats and Republicans) vote against the regularization of our countrymen, because we are going to demonstrate so that our countrymen do not support that party , because you cannot support those who are against Mexicans and against Mexico respectfully “, he assured.
From the National Palace, the Mexican president, who enjoys a popularity of more than 60% approval in Mexico according to various surveys at the national level, specified that cannot be support a political party in the United States that is against the 11 million Mexicans living in that country .
“If both parties support this initiative (to regularize 11 million people proposed by Joe Biden), so that citizens support both. If none of the parties supports, then we must tell the countrymen what good it is if they are not taking us into account, if they do not respect us, we must participate and it is nothing new or strange, “he commented.
López Obrador explained that Cubans living in the United States, although they are in number (4 million) less than Mexicans (38 million), enjoy political representation and capacity for influence.
“ There are 4 million Cuban brothers who are in the United States, Mexicans our countrymen 38 millions and the 4 million Cuban brothers have deputies, they have senators, governors, they have a lot of influence and they take them into account for everything to the extent that that is why they keep Cuba blocked for that very reason, that this blockade is an injustice, which is inhuman, it is a flagrant violation of human rights, but it is because of the political force exercised by the 4 million and their leaders of people of Cuban origin who live and work in the United States “, he commented.
” In the case of us, it turns out that now less, because there is more respect and we have to thank I mistreat the Mexican, who did what they wanted, so all these things have to be raised, with all frankness, with respect, but always putting human rights first, “he said.
In his morning conference, the Mexican president read again the letter he sent to his American counterpart Joe Biden where he highlighted the scope of the “Sembrando vida” program and “Young People Building the Future”, to be applied in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and thus be able to attend to the migratory phenomenon that affects North America.
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