Are Mexicans racists now according to the left?

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M-Quigley
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Are Mexicans racists now according to the left?

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Reading this story, I felt like I woke up this morning in some alternate universe. Oh the irony. Does some of the complaints and concerns sound familar? Some of the comments go far beyond what Trump has said, and if any American said them they would be shouted down as a racist.

People in TJ concerned about criminals coming in? TJ must've changed a lot in the last few years for residents to be concerned about that, or I guess it's their standard of an acceptable level of crime I guess. :roll:

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Such inconveniences prompted by the arrival of the migrant caravan may have played a role in Sunday's protests, when about 400 Tijuana residents waved Mexican flags, sang the Mexican national anthem and chanted "Out! Out!" referring to the migrant caravan that arrived in the border city last week.

Tensions have built as nearly 3,000 migrants from the caravan poured into Tijuana in recent days after more than a month on the road — and with many more months likely ahead of them while they seek asylum in the U.S. The federal government estimates the number of migrants could soon swell to 10,000.
Some Tijuana residents supported the migrants, but others accused them of being messy, ungrateful and a danger to the city. They also complained about how the caravan forced its way into Mexico, calling it an "invasion." And they voiced worries that their taxes might be spent to care for the group.

"We don't want them in Tijuana," protesters shouted.

Juana Rodriguez, a housewife, said the government needs to conduct background checks on the migrants to make sure they don't have criminal records.
The protests came amid what may be a hardening of positions in some northern Mexican states against the migrants. The civil defense department of Jalisco state, where migrants pass on their way to Tijuana, said it would no longer provide shelters for migrants, citing problems with fights among migrants at a shelter last week.

Instead, the state will provide water, some food and escorts at nine points along the main highway leading through the state to help ensure the migrants don't have to stop.

And in Mexico City, authorities closed a shelter at a sports complex that had once housed thousands of migrants. The remaining 650 migrants from the third, mainly Salvadoran, caravan were taken to a Roman Catholic pilgrimage hostel at the Basilica of Guadalupe. The city said the hostel would be warmer.
While some US majors have "sanctuary cities" there's this comment from south of the border.
The migrants' expected long stay in Tijuana has raised concerns about the ability of the border city of more than 1.6 million people to handle the influx.

Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum has called the migrants' arrival an "avalanche" that the city is ill-prepared to handle, calculating that they will be in Tijuana for at least six months as they wait to file asylum claims. Gastelum has appealed to the federal government for more assistance to cope with the influx.
What anything bad happen to the Mayors poltical future, now that Trump has allegedly voiced support for him?
U.S. President Donald Trump, who sought to make the caravan a campaign issue in the midterm elections, used Twitter on Sunday to voice support for the mayor of Tijuana and try to discourage the migrants from seeking entry to the U.S.

Trump wrote that like Tijuana, "the U.S. is ill-prepared for this invasion, and will not stand for it. They are causing crime and big problems in Mexico. Go home!"

He followed that tweet by writing: "Catch and Release is an obsolete term. It is now Catch and Detain. Illegal Immigrants trying to come into the U.S.A., often proudly flying the flag of their nation as they ask for U.S. Asylum, will be detained or turned away."
Oh, by the way, during the presidential campaign Hillary said, "Build bridges not walls." That is NOT what the heartless and cruel <sarcasm> Mexican government is doing. According to a TV news story I saw yesterday, they are instead hardening their southern border, including barriers and procedures at a river, so they won't have a repeat of what happened a month ago. So in effect Mexico is doing what Trump is being villified for. :roll:
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