After visiting the states of Durango and Zacatecas on the weekend, President Claudia Sheinbaum was back at the National Palace in Mexico City on Monday for another morning press conference, or mañanera.
Among the questions she received from reporters was one on a political appointment announced by Donald Trump on his social media site Truth Social, and one on a ruthless attack in Querétaro city that claimed 10 lives on Saturday night.
Sheinbaum reacts to Trump’s ‘border czar’ announcement
Early in her Q&A session with reporters, Sheinbaum was asked about United States’ President-elect Trump’s announcement on Sunday that former acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan would be his “border czar.”
“We’re going to seek to get in contact with President Trump’s transition team,” she responded.
“… We’re always going to defend the Mexicans on the other side of the border,” Sheinbaum said, noting that they’re “necessary for the United States economy.”
Homan, one of the architects of the first Trump administration’s family separation policy, said in a 60 Minutes interview in October that deportations during the second Trump administration wouldn’t be “a mass sweep of neighborhoods” to detain undocumented immigrants in the United States, among whom are millions of Mexicans.
“It’s not going to be building concentration camps. I’ve read it all. It’s ridiculous. It’ll be concentrated. They’ll be targeted arrests,” he said.
Asked whether there was a way to carry out mass deportations without separating families, Homan responded:
“Of course there is. Families can be deported together.”
Querétaro bar attack targeted ‘one person,’ president says
Sheinbaum confirmed that one person was arrested after 10 people were killed at a bar in Querétaro city on Saturday night.
She also said that the aggressors were “going for one person,” but didn’t provide additional details.
Media reports citing federal officials said that the target of the attack was Fernando González Núñez, a presumed Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) member known as La Flaca. The CJNG has been fighting the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel in Guanajuato — which borders Querétaro — for years.
Sheinbaum said that federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch contacted Querétaro authorities immediately after the attack on Saturday night to determine what federal support they required.
She also said that members of the federal government’s security cabinet will attend her press conference on Tuesday and provide more information about the massacre in the usually peaceful city of Querétaro.
By Mexico News Daily chief staff writer Peter Davies (peter.davies@mexiconewsdaily.com)
Mexico let 9 million illegals walk/fly/boat into the country and then dumbass joe biden let them into the US illegally. Get ready for the repercussions of AMLO letting it happen and not stopping anyone along the way. You all might want to start converting every stadium into migrant centers because it is coming as Tom Homan does not mess around.
You sound like a really nice humane person? Who’s going to pick your fruits and vegetables? What about construction workers?
You are right!
All of these uneducated, xenophobic people who voted for Trump will be the first ones to suffer when inflation goes sky high, there is no food in the groceries and they lose their medical insurance. Unfortunately, the rest of us have to live with all of this hatred and stupidity.
About 2 percent of the illegals work in agriculture. A lot more of them work in construction. Look it up and look in the mirror to see who is uneducated.
Sheinbaum will get along just find with Trump when she sees to it Mexico starts to be responsible for their side of the border and stops being a conduit and expediter for illegal immigration, which BTW is also making the cartels just that much richer and more powerful.
and very small man . . . you are sounding like an elitist along the lines of “Morning Joe” Joe talking about the price of butter . . . the double irony is that most illegal border crossers were from outside the sovereign nation of Mexico . . . AND as long as these “travelers” didn’t stop and remain in Mexico, all is well . . . yet those travelers were NEVER WELCOME to stay in Mexico . . .
I believe those people enter on a visa.
You may have to seek scarce food in the Food Banks or check in at dirty hotels across the nation, or better yet, get ready to work to replace them. After all, they are paying jobs, but they seem below your classicist upbringing. Why don’t you start complaining about all the income taxes they pay that are going to you? They will NEVER be able to collect in Social Security, but you will? Slavery? In case you are confused, I am an American and was very fruitful to the economy. Seek immigration reform to benefit the US and the rest of the world. Oh yeah, you held it back for political treason.
He will go to jail if he breaks the law. More, 70 million people who did not vote for Trump will be on the lookout for radicals in the administration.
You are a horrible human and i hope you suffer for the cruelty of mass deportations. You would have voted for Hitler.
Exactly. Thanks to the voices of reason. The US is a country of immigrants. Unless you are Native American, you and your family were immigrants. What gives you the right to judge other people who want at the very least a better life, and at worst to simply to live when they sre fleeing violence and death. I work with documented asylum seekers and they have gone through hell to get to the US. Show some compassion. Your political bias shows a lack of humanity. BTW I am an immigrant to the US from Europe and am half Mexican.
The U.S. is a country of LEGAL immigrants. Do you not understand the difference? Has Mexico thrown open its doors to unscreened people with TB and prison records? Of course not.
Horse picky, bud!
Legal immigrants? Ask Native Americans about the thievery The first colonists left their homelands looking for a better life. Jeez
. . . “but of course you are . . .” ( famous line from Sean Connery in the 007 franchise )
Legal vs. illegal
James Puckett, Do you live in Mexico? If so Mexico should deport you and not allow you to return.The
inhumanity of this is horrific. Also this will tank the economy and make us hated by Mexicans and rightly so.t
I live in Mexico, I’m here legally, I pay my taxes and obey the laws of this country. Every expat I know can sy the same. Legal immigration is very generous in the U.S. in terms of numbers. It is time for Mexico to stop fostering illegal immigration into the U.S. and while they are doing it, earning billions for criminal cartels.
I know a number of Americans who waltz right into Mexico by car and never bother to get an FMM. I know a number of Americans who rent out property in Mexico and never pay the taxes.
The illegals need to be vetted and come in legally . Americans are thoroughly vetted and must prove they can support themselves before they’re approved to immigrate to Mexico
There was a bipartisan bill ready to control the border in Dec and Mr yrump got it vetoed.
Now we are going to pay millions to do that. Enjoy the food shortages.
That bill was a sham that turned a blind eye to continued massive illegal immigration. You either know this and are lying about it or you need to go read up on that bill.
“the DEVIL was in the small print ( details ) ” which you gloss over . . . typical of your ideology . . .
President Sheinbaum, you have it all wrong. Don’t be too sure of what you are announcing in your morning meetings. Trump and Tom Homan (border czar) can impose a 50% tax on all “electronic money transfers” to Mexico, where all illegals living in the US won’t have enough money left to “remain” and continue living in the U.S. If these 11 million llegals won’t be able to send any money home back to Mexico and other places, they will go back to Mexico on their own. The Mexican economy won’t be getting the $ 6 billion dollars in remittances that your government has been receiving from Mexican workers in the US. The illegals that can’t afford to live in the US, will just “pack-up” their belongings and head back home to Mexico. Starting soon,
there is going to be a “Hugh” wave of ‘Illegals headed back to Mexico so you better start getting ready with your “WELCOME BACK sign to greet them.. Things are not going to be the same anymore. The good old relationships between the two countries is over. “Drastic “changes are coming. New and more Manufacturing jobs are going to start growing in the US under Trump administration. New “tariffs” will be popping up with Mexican products. President Sheinbaum just be careful what you say in “public” because sometimes it comes back and hurts you.
The majority of illegals in the USA aren’t from Mexico. Maybe you didn’t know that.
. . . you are correct . . . which begs the question, why would AMLO & Mexico allow their sovereign nation to be used as a Cartel “toll road” through the country, BUT DO NOT STOP & STAY . . . ?
Yes exactly, and people have the RIGHT to travel through Mexico and make an asylum claim at the US border. That is a human right and completely legal under US law. The US could change its asylum laws, but that would be contrary to international law and we would make us look very bad to other countries, especially given our history of destabilizing and wrecking Latin American countries.
…but the vast majority of illegal ALIENS did travel through Mexico, where they are obliged by international laws to remain if seeking political asylum.
I don’t care how you wish to spin it. Mexico is intentionally subverting the legitimate laws of the USA.
Darleen I beg to differ my permanent residency application was minimally audited by migración in 2018. My financial data was minimal and could have easily been generated by me, though it was not.
The vetting process has changed over the last few years. Though it can definitely vary between consulates, the minimum income and/or investment requirements are pretty high now, with rigid documentation requirements. It took us 3 different appointments with our consulate to be approved for permanent residency as retirees. We had to have stacks of documents stamped and signed by our investment advisor’s office manager. We also went through separate personal interviews. This was in 2023.
. . . did you “generate” your own financials and character references??? If so, you sound like the “gringo” that has no business in Mexico . . .
John, In late 2021 had to submit my financial bank statements & had to show over 200 k in my acct that was liquid for a minimum of 12 months to get a temporal . After they reviewed it , (several days ) I was approved for a temporal residency . The costs required by the mexican govt has gotten a lot more strict over the last few yrs plus they’re requiring significantly more money in order to immigrate here .
And then there is Permanente. Don’t forget that
Instead of deporting undocumented immigrants, an effort to create a functional system that identifies the need for temporary and permanent immigration and provides an application system that can get people to the open jobs. Starting with some sort of probationary period that could eventually lead to permanent citizenship. Immigrants would get tax id numbers and be provided services. Asylum would provide an additional qualification but not be an automatic guarantee of selection. Many immigrants have jobs that need filled. I’m not sure where the replacement labor would come from inside the United States. Everyone who wants a job most likely has one. If you enter without being selected in a functional immigration process you are in the county ilegal and be deported.
What a rational, thoughtful solution to a difficult issue. Unfortunately, Trump is neither rational or thoughtful. Trump has already said there’s no price too high to deport illegal immigrants. One of his first 20 appointments was a “Border Czar”. Following his decisive victory, including the Hispanic vote, whether he wants to or not, he has to go after the illegal immigrants – hard. Anything less and he appears weak and the Republicans will never let him live it down. Having won the popular vote, amongst the demographics he won, I am afraid this is the new politics of America. Democrats will never win again if they don’t turn up the rhetoric. Intelligence has been rejected – fear and ignorance and the dumbing down of Americans has won. I appreciate your sharing an intelligent solution. I fear it will take bankrupting America before “smart” is cool again. I read that something like only 30% of Americans have a Passport. When 70% of the population can’t or won’t travel and experience life outside the US, they will never understand or have empathy for other cultures or people.
Optima you are Right on exactly how you have described it Love it
I don’t understand why the US just doesn’t change their Asylum Law. Change it so that you can’t apply for asylum if you get into the country illegally. Apply for asylum on the Mexican side. That would disincentivize crossing illegally. Of course, more is needed to come up with a good immigration policy but at least this would be a start
from the article about the killings in the Querétaro bar .
” . . .. .federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch contacted Querétaro authorities immediately after the attack on Saturday night to determine what federal support they required. . . . ” REALLY?
How about the Federal government ctacking down on Cartel corruption of government officials . . . and ruining Cartel money making endeavors – destroy Cartel extortion, human trafficking and general lawlessness throughout President Sheinbaum’s nation . . . FOR STARTERS . . .
The Mexican government is actually helping cartels make billions on human smuggling with current policies. Of course all that money goes to foster corruption in Mexico including I’d be willing to bet more than a few of the people who are fostering illegal immigration into the U.S. from this side of the border.
yep, just this weekend we learned our “honorable” FEMA has a “bad apple” which is reminiscent of what happens in a professional career bureaucracy . . . and in 2015 with the IRS . . . plus we know of “Border Patrol officers” getting paid for moving people ( reminds me of the movie “Sicarrio” and the corrupt police detective whom Benito del Toro straightened out . . . )
The United States the only country I know of that breaks there own immigration laws.
How about everybody just sit tight and let’s see who and how this new administration will be looking to have deported “to their country of origin”. That is a quote from Tom Homan. Logic and common sense would lend me to believe they will go after illegals who are affiliated with gangs and/ or have broken the law since entering the U.S. illegally.
Secondly do any of you think that either Mr. Homan or Donald Trump are nieve enough to not understand how much of the U.S. economy relies on immigrant labor, and what would happen to the U.S. economy if all of a sudden millions who hold jobs, are law abiding and not criminals were to suddenly not exist anymore? I think not.
The appointment of Stephan Smith as Domestic Advisor is worrisome. They have publicly set a target of 10 million. Heck, there are not even 1 million who fit your description of being criminals. He has no indicated a need to get rid of birthright citizens and review all this who were naturalized during the past four years. Trump campaigned on this “cleansing” idea and his base will not be content with rounding up a couple thousand gang members. On top of this, the new Secretary of State and the new Security Advisor have been openly antagonistic toward 4T policies. México is entering stormy waters.
I believe you are referring to Stephen Miller, who is just about the most stark-raving mad lunatic to populate the Earth.
I am a grateful legal immigrant to Mexico, having been provided my residency permit in 2022. I was initially surprised how little I had to provide to support my application for residency, but the reason became clear once I was in the country and set about establishing myself. In that process of establishing myself I could not find anywhere the lines for:
– free cell phones and data plans
– free food, including “culturally sensitive” food just like my mom made
– free homes
– free education…not even free Spanish lessons
– free healthcare
In fact I couldn’t find a damn thing for free here. So I paid for what I needed all by myself.
Maybe that’s why the requirements to immigrate to Mexico are kinda low. There’s nothing free here. Your’re welcome to come in but on the basis that you have to support yourself. You know, the way it should be.
Oh, good, lord. ENOUGH of the name calling, labeling, finger pointing and other harmful, useless rhetoric.
The U.S. immigration policies and procedures have been broken for several decades. And no administration from either party has been either able or willing to do something about it meaningfully for one political self-serving reason or another. And now, it’s mass deportation no matter the consequences to solve the problem.
And the American people have just spoken with their votes. We’ll soon have an elected former President. So far, he has nominated a Fox News host and loyalist with some military experience to head the Department of Defense, the Governor of South Dakota and loyalist to head the Department of Homeland Security with a focus on the southern boarder with Mexico, and just now Robert Kennedy, Jr., to head as Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is not a doctor nor have medical experience but it fervently anti-vaccines of any kind, even for COVID.
Seems to me Mexico’s newly elected President has a tough ahead in working with the new U.S. administration. As do expats here from the United States.
The US government knows what nationality each person is when they get to the border to cross. Every person is documented electronically and all US government agencies get the same information for tracking these illegals and criminals from all over the world. Don’t “hold your breath” thinking the US government is only picking undocumented Mexican illegals. The US Department of National Security has a system in place to track and handle all the “illegal crossing that is taken place along our entire border. All American “taxpayer” are “sick” and “tired” of paying for all the “free benefits” those undocumented illegals received for many years, Now 13 million American citizens have elected a president that is going to fix this problem for us. Too bad you can’t say the same thing that about your president. Just look around, the Cartel is in charge of Mexico and the Mexican government over the past 36 years has allow this condition to exist. Don’t blame Trump for that, blame your past 6 Mexican presidents for losing control and the Cartel for winning.