The president spoke about the decrees signed by the new president of the United States and remarked: “They must keep in mind that Mexico will always defend its sovereignty.”
On his first day as president of the United StatesDonald Trump signed a series of decrees with the focus on stopping immigration, especially from Mexico. Faced with this scenario, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded ironically to these measures and maintained: “We have to avoid confrontations“It’s a responsibility.”
In turn, he rejected the Republican’s decision to designate drug trafficking cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and stressed that his authority only extends to the United States. “We are a free, independent and sovereign country”he said and remarked: “You must keep in mind that Mexico “it will always defend its sovereignty and independence as the highest principle.”
This Monday, hours after his inauguration, trump closed an application that had the main objective of granting appointments to migrants to be able to have the necessary documentation to legally enter the country. On the contrary, Sheinbaum reinstated the program “Stay in Mexico” that returns irregular migrants to the Latin American country, whether or not they have Mexican nationality, in the face of the new US president’s repeated threats of mass deportation.
On the other hand, the Mexican leader referred to the name change that Trump decreed for the Gulf of Mexico, which he renamed the Gulf of America. In this regard, he pointed out that The United States can call it whatever it wants, but according to the president, for her country and the rest of the world its name will not change..
“He says he’s going to call it the Gulf of America,” she said, ironically, about the name change proposed by Trump.
Trump had announced that he wanted to change the name of the common region between the two neighboring countries and the Caribbean islands because it sounded nicer. Sheinbaum then replied that if we were going to make changes, “why don’t we call it Mexican America?”as was its name centuries ago. “Sounds nice, doesn’t it?” he said, paraphrasing his counterpart.
As for the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP)also reinstated by Trump, Sheinbaum He noted that “it is not a new measure,” since it was originally implemented in December 2018. He explained that this protocol forces asylum seekers in the United States to remain outside North American territory while their case is being processed.
However, he stressed that “Mexico is a humanitarian government. If there is a person who is at the border requesting asylum, we will never leave that person out in the open. “We are going to act in a humanitarian manner with the migrants at the border.”
As for his undocumented compatriots in the United States, he sought to reassure them and said: “Mexicans are very important to the United States economy, and the Trump administration knows that.” “They are not alone. We must remain calm,” he added.
Source: Ambito
