by Allan Wall, VDare, ©2023
(Jun. 16, 2023) — Earlier: SAID IN SPANISH [2 Items]: Mexican Foreign Minister Ebrard Opens Reconquista Base In OK—Meddles In FL Politics. Is GOP/GAP Asleep?
Florida isn’t just the scene of the political prosecution of Donald Trump for a “crime” that other presidents have committed with nary a peep from the Justice Department. It’s also the scene of open Mexican meddling in American politics over a new law, SB 1718/Chapter No. 2023-40, effective July 1, that requires employers to use E-Verify and penalizes those who transport illegals into Florida [Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Strongest Anti-Illegal Immigration Legislation in the Country to Combat Biden’s Border Crisis, FLgov.com, May 10, 2023]. Apparently, Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida’s duly elected legislators failed to obtain Mexico’s approval, so its government is trying to undermine it. Indeed, Mexico will wage lawfare against it.
To his credit, DeSantis has fired back:
but not nearly strongly enough. A recent surveillance-propaganda sally into Florida by a prominent Mexican government official went unnoted. And not just by DeSantis.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has publicly attacked DeSantis over the law several times [Mexican President Slams DeSantis as “Anti-Immigrant,” by Allan Wall, Border Hawk, May 30, 2023]. And Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard visited Florida recently to oppose the law. Ebrard recently resigned his position to run for president of Mexico, which means Alicia Barcena, his designated replacement, can be expected to stick her nose into Florida’s business too.
Recently the Foreign Ministry’s director general of consular protection and strategic planning, Vanessa Calva Ruiz, a lesbian and LGBTXYZ promoter, landed in Florida. Calva pays close attention to what’s going on in the U.S. During a trip to Arizona, she meddled in the anarcho-tyranny’s prosecution of George Alan Kelly, the rancher charged with murdering a Mexican illegal alien.
At a March 3 consulate presser in Nogales, Calva agreed with the prosecution’s case and mentioned Kelly’s novel, Far Beyond The Border Fence, as evidence that Kelly is a “vigilante” who simply murdered a “migrant” because he, Kelly, wants people to “take justice into their own hands” [Mexican officials call for justice in migrant’s killing on Arizona ranch, by Danyelle Khmara, Tucson.com, April 16, 2023].
From June 5-9, Director Calva toured Florida for five days, educating the Mexican colony there about the upcoming law and how to deal with it. It was all public, but, as usual, neither reported in the Main Stream Media nor criticized by Stupid Party officials.
A communique from the Mexican Foreign ministry’s website reported:
As directed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, and by the head of the North American Unit, from June 5 to 9, Vanessa Calva Ruiz, Director General of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning, took a wide-ranging working visit to the state of Florida to hold strategic meetings with representatives of the community, civil associations, human rights organizations, lawyers and local authorities, on the occasion of the promulgation of the anti-immigrant SB1718 law. The meetings were held under the coordination of the general consulate in Miami and the Orlando consulate.
Together with the Consul General of Miami, Jonathan Chait, the Director General [Calva] inaugurated the second edition of the “Week of External Legal Advice” in the United States, which was held from June 5 to 9 among all the representations of Mexico. She emphasized the consular actions, programs, and services carried out by our representations to serve the Mexican community in a proactive, preventive, and comprehensive manner, particularly in specific areas such as migration, criminal matters, family civil matters, and cases of gender violence and sexual orientation through the Legal Assistance Program for Mexicans and External Legal Advice (PALE). Under the motto ”Know and Exercise Your Rights”
In the company of the Consular Protection teams of both consulates [Miami and Orlando], informative sessions were held concerning SB1718 in Miami, Homestead, Immokalee, Jupiter, Orlando, Baker, Jacksonville and Pearson, to share specific recommendations over the rights of our community, especially over consular notification, and analyses of the law by lawyers, authorities and organizations. Also participating were local police and sheriff’s offices, who directed messages to the community to make clear that their job is to protect the citizenry and maintain order, with no interest in investigating their migratory status.
[Se realiza una visita estratégica a Florida para implementar y reforzar acciones consulares ante la promulgación de la ley anti-inmigrante (“A Strategic Visit to Florida to Implement and Reinforce Consular Actions in the face of the Promulgation of the Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718”), Gob.mx, June 9, 2023] [My emphasis]
Let’s be clear: Foreign officials and two Mexican consulates are meddling in American affairs by challenging a duly passed law. That is not a legitimate diplomatic endeavor.
Read the rest here.