In response to Donald Trump‘s hard-line stance on illegal immigration, elected officials in Mexico are now pushing back — even if it does result in an even taller wall.
Lawmakers in Mexico City have unanimously passed a proposal, albeit toothless, calling on the Mexican government to ban the Republican front-runner from entering their country, according to Fox 32 Chicago.
“The proposal, known as a ‘point of agreement,’ cannot be enforced by the local government and is meant as a symbolic move by Mexico City lawmakers,” the Fox affiliate reported.
H/T Twitchy.com
Mexico City lawmakers ask president to ban Trump from entering country https://t.co/fbtzBbIDs7 @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7GPx2ymmD4
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) March 5, 2016
Local deputy Mauricio Toledo told Mexican media outlet Milenio that the community is entitled to be “protected by the state.”
“Following xenophobic messages against Mexican migrants in the United States, we urge the federal government to suspend or prohibit U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump entry to Mexico,” Toledo said. “The principle of equality must be understood above all as equal treatment, without discrimination, and the issues that matter to the majority of a community are susceptible to be protected by the state.”
The reaction on social media was mixed and reflects the anger and hostility that has surfaced in the U.S. presidential election.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Mexico City lawmakers unanimously voted to ban Donald Trump https://t.co/9AdE6vLlEp
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 5, 2016
What chapter in The Art or the Deal to you degrade, insult and get banned from your negotiation partners place? https://t.co/7Q8ueOI6fZ
— Crispy (@cjbarresi75) March 5, 2016
@nowthisnews I’m sure he’s broken up by being banned from a place whose citizens are walking, running, tunneling & swimming to get out.
— This is ponderous (@Thisisponderous) March 6, 2016
@nowthisnews Will they build a wall to keep him out?
— Myiq2xu (@realmyiq2xu2) March 6, 2016
@nowthisnews Wait till we cancel NAFTA.
— Tony Torres (@TonyTorre305) March 6, 2016
@nowthisnews Mexico City sounds pissed it is going to be harder to run their human and drug smuggling operations if there is POTUS TRUMP.
— ProLifeIN (@idideat4414505) March 7, 2016
@nowthisnews That is OK I have been boycotting you since Andrew Tammarisso was imprisoned. Mexico is corrupt, that is a fact cartels run it!
— LookUpRobertByrd (@dawnzoc) March 6, 2016
@nowthisnews Just one more reason to move to Mexico. #NeverTrump #trump
— Jeanne (@SDSunchaser) March 5, 2016
Checkmate! We ask our president to ban all illegals from sneaking into our country. @nowthisnews
— Carole Gilman (@CaroleGilman) March 7, 2016
@fox32news I urge the federal government to prohibit law-breaking Mexicans entry to the US @realDonaldTrump
— Ree Fungorio (@ReeFungorio) March 7, 2016
@fox32news @realDonaldTrump We, the citizens of the USA (born & naturalized), feel the same way about criminals coming here against our laws
— This is ponderous (@Thisisponderous) March 6, 2016
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