Mexican President López Obrador says his country will not accept deportations ... trends now
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted Texas over a law that would grant police officers the power to arrest people who illegally cross the United States-Mexico border and vowed that Mexico will not accept anyone deported from the state.
'I will let it be known right away, if they tried to deport, for example, which is not their responsibility, we would not accept deportations from the Texas government,' López Obrador said Wednesday during his daily press briefing at the National Palace in Mexico City.
The law, known as Senate Bill 4, was blocked again late on Tuesday by a federal appeals court just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for it to go into effect.
Cops would be allowed to place people under arrest if they are seen crossing the border illegally in counties bordering Mexico.
The controversial law could be also enforced elsewhere in Texas if someone is arrested on suspicion of another violation, and a fingerprint taken during jail booking links them to a suspected re-entry violation. It likely would not come into play during a routine traffic stop.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Wednesday that Mexico will not accept deportations from Texas, which is seeking to enforce a law that would allow police officers to arrest people stopped for illegally crossing the United States-Mexico border
A group of migrants approach the Texas National Guard at a makeshift camp at the United States-Mexico border on the Rio Grande on Wednesday
A U.S. Border Patrol agent searches a group of migrants who were let through by Texas National Guard in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday
'We are against this draconian law, completely
