We’ve long known Mexico is not our friend. From Vicente Fox telling W that the US was Mexico’s “pressure relief valve” to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s flat-out blackmail for more money and visas in return for doing their part on their side of the border on immigration enforcement, administration after administration in Mexico has played most American presidents like fiddles.
When they haven’t been openly defiant or demanding, they’ve either worked covertly or averted their eyes to whatever kept the cartels and illegals attempting crossings happy, which kept their always tenuous grip on power as secure as it could be.
The Mexican government is always on the lookout for an opportunity to exploit both sides of the illegal issue if they can. Any US enforcement measures are inevitably “racist,” while Mexican officials scan the horizon for any means to facilitate more of their citizens…
