(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, bitterly complained about a new bill in Florida intended to counter the impacts of illegal immigration.
The Florida House of Representatives earlier this month approved the bill, which granted $12 million to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “Unauthorized Alien Transport Program” that was permanently established by the Florida government in February.
The bill also required employers to use E-Verify, mandated that hospitals ask patients about their immigration status, allowed charges of human trafficking to be brought against those who knowingly move an illegal across state borders and prohibited illegals from driving cars even if they have a license from another state, reported Politico, which disingenuously labeled the bill “anti-immigration,” instead of the more accurate “anti-illegal immigration.”
Obrador similarly conflated the two when he whined about the new bill on Monday at a press conference.
“Why does [DeSantis] have to take advantage of people’s pain, of migrants’ pain, of people’s need for political gain,” he said. “This is immoral. This is politicking.”
Obrador’s grievances, ironically, were nearly all political and failed to address the point of regulating illegal immigration.
“Now I found out that the Florida governor — imagine, Florida, which is full of migrants — is taking repressive, inhumane measures against migrants in Florida because he wants to be a candidate,” he said, referring to DeSantis’s likely presidential bid and failing to mention the plague of violent crime unleashed upon Americans by illegal immigrants moving through his country. “Can’t he not make another proposal to convince people?”
Obrador’s commentary turned explicitly partisan, when he announced that he planned to have a phone call with Joe Biden to address the issue of Florida enforcing illegal immigration policies to keep residents safe from mounting drug trafficking and violence flowing across an open border.
“We will talk about our cooperation, which is very good, very, very good, and we will keep it that way,” Obrador vowed.
The Mexican president did not indicate that he intended to meet with former President Donald Trump, DeSantis or any Republican lawmakers in the near future.
