{"id":319253,"date":"2026-04-15T23:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319253"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:49:18","slug":"claudia-sheinbaum-vows-to-defend-mexicans-at-every-level-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/claudia-sheinbaum-vows-to-defend-mexicans-at-every-level-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Sheinbaum vows to \u2018defend Mexicans at every level\u2019 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum\u00a0vowed Tuesday to take a harder line against the U.S. over the deaths of Mexican migrants in its immigration detention centres.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum had previously responded to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2018s anti-immigration provocations by defending Mexico\u2019s sovereignty while meeting his requests to crack down on drug cartel activity. 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tabindex=\"-1\"><\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/detain\/detainee-death-reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variety of Mexicans and other migrants dying<\/a> in U.S. detention centres increases, and within the wake of the Trump administration\u2019s decision to impose an energy blockade on Cuba \u2014 a Mexican ally \u2014 Sheinbaum seems to have modified her tune.<\/p>\n<p>During a press briefing on Tuesday, she called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-criminal-illegal-alien-detainee-passes-away-louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the deaths<\/a> \u201cunacceptable\u201d and the ICE detention centres \u201cincompatible with human rights standards and the protection of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re going to defend Mexicans at every level,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are numerous Mexicans whose only crime just isn&#8217;t having papers,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Mexican government also said it had requested investigations into the deaths and ordered Mexican consulates to make each day visits to detention centres.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum said her government would raise the deaths in detention centres to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and was considering appealing to the United Nations. Her government already said it could support lawsuits within the U.S. filed by detainees over poor conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFILE \u2013 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024, the morning after her inauguration.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAP Photo\/Fernando Llano, File\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her sentiments appear to echo the mood of some Americans. In keeping with\u00a0a February <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-immigration-ice-minneapolis-deportation-42aff472ccf1ecd7b92ba0c90469c9e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP-NORC poll<\/a>, about six in 10 U.S. adults say Trump has \u201cgone too far\u201d in sending federal immigration agents into American cities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGrowing dissatisfaction around ICE activities in the USA creates a more comfortable platform for members of the Mexican government to lift concerns concerning the fate of Mexican residents,\u201d Carin Zissis, vice-president of content strategy for the Council of the Americas, told the AP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mexico&#039;s Sheinbaum takes firmer stance with Trump on Cuba and migrant deaths\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQUW-jEycvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum had previously described herself as maintaining a \u201ccool head\u201d within the face of pressure exerted by Trump on Latin American countries in recent months. This 12 months, his administration has captured and deposed Venezuela\u2019s president, imposed an oil blockade on Cuba\u00a0and\u00a0threatened military intervention\u00a0against Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can&#8217;t be a chance for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty,\u201d Sheinbaum said in February after the\u00a0Trump\u00a0administration moved to formally\u00a0designate eight Latin American crime organizations as \u201cforeign terrorist organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to be clear, given this designation, that we don\u2019t negotiate our sovereignty,\u201d she added. \u201cThere might be no interference or subordination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach countries want to cut back the consumption of medication and the trafficking of illegal drugs,\u201d the Mexican president concluded.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has taken public jabs at Sheinbaum \u2014 at one point suggesting cartels have greater control over Mexico than her government \u2014 he has also acknowledged an amicability between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is actually a pleasant person, I like her lots,\u201d he said last month, proceeding to mimic the Mexican leader in a high voice.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 With files from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum\u00a0vowed Tuesday to take a harder line against the U.S. over the deaths of Mexican migrants in its immigration detention centres. 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