According to Reuters, the Mexican government is using lawyers to block ICE’s deportation of migrant Mexicans back to Mexico.
The news service reported:
Mexico has begun filing criminal complaints with state prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of its citizens in US immigration detention and during enforcement operations, the State Department said on Tuesday.
The Mexican government has also sent cease-and-desist letters to US detention centers where Mexican citizens have died, the ministry said in a statement.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, “I don’t think this situation is acceptable to anyone.” “This is an issue for all Mexicans,” he said, portraying the legal intervention as a nationalistic cause for Mexicans.
The Mexican government is also asking the United Nations to investigate US deportation operations following the recent deaths of 17 Mexicans during the deportation process.
Mexico’s interference in the U.S. immigration system comes after decades in which the vast Mexican population in the United States has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans through drug trafficking, drunk driving, murder and other crimes. For example, in January, Mexican national Kenneth Moreno Guzman was arrested by police in Georgia for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.
In 2025, approximately 70,000 Americans will die from drug overdose, mostly due to drugs smuggled from Mexico. Many others were crippled by drugs, often ignored by local governments eager to welcome illegal immigrants.
According to a 2023 study by the Pew Research Center, approximately 37 million Hispanics of Mexican origin lived in the United States in 2021. That huge population boom was quietly welcomed by the American establishment because it boosts consumer sales, raises real estate prices, and drives down Americans’ wages.
The movement of Mexicans to the United States is also extremely beneficial to Mexico. Migration northward reduces pressure on the government to create jobs and fund welfare programs, and also leads to a larger flow of remittances back to Mexico. In 2025, the Mexican economy could get a $62 billion boost in remittances from the United States.
Yet the Mexican government is justifying the intervention following the deaths of 17 Mexican illegal immigrants in US custody, according to Reuters.
The Mexican surge comes after President Donald Trump announced plans to curb illegal migration and reduce drug flows, pressure Mexico to crack down on its drug cartels and halt plans to expand the U.S.-Canada free trade policy.
