Mexico to challenge Texas anti-immigrant law, U.S.

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Tuesday that his country's government will challenge the new anti-immigrant regulations adopted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. teleSUR

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00:00 In this context, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will challenge

00:04 the anti-immigrant law enacted by the government of Texas.

00:08 The Mexican president pointed out that with the measure, the governor, Abbot, is usurping

00:13 functions that have to do with foreign policy and that are exclusively the responsibility

00:18 of the Congress and the government of the United States.

00:21 President López Obrador also denounced that the anti-immigrant measure is a clever attempt

00:25 by the governor to gain sympathy to become a candidate for the vice presidency of the

00:30 Republican Party.

00:31 The new law signed by Greg Abbott, which would go into effect in March 2024, allows any Texas

00:37 police officer to detain people under suspicion of having entered the country without documents.

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