Mexico Will Not Be Subordinate to US on Immigration Policies, President Says

In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador addressed claims by U.S. politicians regarding Mexico’s stance on immigration policies and emphasized Mexico’s sovereignty in its dealings with the United States. His response comes in the wake of comments by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in February, advocating for the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, a stance the Mexican president firmly opposes. At the time, Johnson said, “The answer is simple, you reinstate Remain in Mexico. I told the President that at The White House again [and he] said he couldn’t do it. I said that’s not true … Mr. President, we’re the United States, Mexico will do what we say.”...