Mexico "rejects" Texas' proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants

Earlier DU thread: Abbott to Sign Bill Allowing Him to Deport Migrants

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Source: Texas Tribune

Mexico “rejects” Texas’ proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants

Mexico said Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will violate the human rights of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign the proposal into law.

BY URIEL J. GARCÍA
NOV. 15, 2023
2 HOURS AGO

The Mexican government on Wednesday responded to the state Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4 — which creates a state crime for entering the state illegally from Mexico and allows the state to deport undocumented immigrants — saying it “categorically rejects” Texas’ latest proposal to arrest and deport immigrants to Mexico.

“The Government of Mexico reiterates its rejection of any measure that contemplates the involuntary return of migrants without respect for due process,” says the statement from Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations.

It added that Mexico, “recognizes the sovereign right of any country to decide the public policies that should be implemented in its territory,” but Mexico also has a right to defend the estimated 10 million people of Mexican origin in Texas and “establish its own immigration policies in its territory.”

“The Government of Mexico categorically rejects any measure that allows state or local authorities to detain and return nationals or foreigners to Mexican territory,” the statement says.

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Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-border-bill-immigrants-crime-mexico-response/