By David Alire Garcia
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s new president outlined a fragile balancing act on Wednesday, stressing the necessity to work constructively with President-elect Donald Trump and his promise to deport thousands and thousands of migrants whereas insisting she is going to urge “humanitarian” insurance policies.
President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took workplace final month, instructed a press convention that she expects to current the incoming U.S. chief with a proposal that can match his aim of decreasing migration whereas stressing her help for migrants and their human rights.
Mexico’s first lady president, the leftist Sheinbaum follows within the footsteps of her likeminded predecessor who additionally emphasised pro-migrant rhetoric however however labored intently with Trump, in addition to outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, to beef up measures geared toward stopping migrants from reaching the 2 nations’ border.
“We’re going to at some point present to President Trump a humanistic proposal,” stated Sheinbaum, stressing that it’s going to “reduce immigration (and) attend to the root causes” of why folks depart their house nations.
Sheinbaum recommended that preliminary calls with Trump, which she has repeatedly described as cordial, or these near him, could point out an absence of opposition to her concepts.
“They haven’t (said) anything negative related to the proposal we’re making,” she stated.
Throughout his marketing campaign, Trump careworn his plan for mass deportations, usually deriding migrants as criminals.
He additionally threatened to slap steep tariffs on Mexican items, together with from the Latin American nation’s huge automaking sector, to leverage cooperation on border enforcement. Political analysts have stated that among the many stiffest assessments set to face Sheinbaum as soon as Trump takes workplace in late January is the well being of U.S.-Mexico commerce ties.
America is by far Mexico’s most necessary overseas market, whereas Mexico final 12 months overtook China to develop into the highest vacation spot for U.S. exports.
With out tipping her hand on particulars, Sheinbaum vowed that the connection with Mexico’s northern neighbor shall be sturdy.
“Everyone who says that we’re taking the arrival of President Trump lightly, we’re always going to be positive with the idea that there will be a good relationship,” she stated.
However she did recommend that the most important destructive affect of Trump’s proposed deportations won’t be felt in Mexico.
“Regarding what’s been said about deportations — who will have the biggest problems?” she requested rhetorically.
“Well, the United States,” she stated.
