Condemning Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's March 24, 2024, comments on "60 Minutes" and calling on the Mexican Government to limit illegal immigration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hres-1123
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2024-04-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution condemns Mexican President&nbsp;Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for his March 24, 2024, comments on immigration.</p><p>The resolution also calls on the Mexican government to limit illegal immigration.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1123 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2024 Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Ellzey , and Mr. Tiffany ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s March 24, 2024, comments on 60 Minutes and calling on the Mexican Government to limit illegal immigration, and for other purposes.

Whereas, on March 24, 2024, during an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes , President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated that while he has the power to slow down migration , the flow of migrants will continue , unless the United States sends $20,000,000,000 a year to Latin American countries, lifts sanctions on Venezuela, end its embargo on Cuba, and grants amnesty to all Mexican nationals living in the United States; Whereas President Obrador stated in the same interview that while immigration, the border, and the economy are key issues in the 2024 United States election, the person who could tip the scales for either candidate is another President [Obrador] ; Whereas since January 2021, nearly 7,500,000 illegal immigrants have entered the United States through the U.S.-Mexico border; and Whereas the failure of the Mexican Government to utilize the powers at its disposal to stem the flow of migration has compounded the crisis at the United States southwest border: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) condemns Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s March 24, 2024, comments as amounting to diplomatic blackmail; and (2) calls on the Mexican Government to limit illegal immigration by— (A) securing its own southern border; (B) reaching an agreement with the United States for the Remain in Mexico Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP); and (C) establishing a Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.