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Lawmakers Pass Proposal to Ban Trump from Entering Mexico

  • Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he exits the stage at the conclusion of a Super Tuesday news conference in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2016.

    Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he exits the stage at the conclusion of a Super Tuesday news conference in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Published 4 March 2016
Opinion

The proposal was passed unanimously, however it is just a symbolic recommendation.

Mexico City lawmakers passed a proposal to ban Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from entering the country following his continuous statements against mexican immigrants. 

The proposal by local lawmakers was passed unanimously, however it is just a symbolic recommendation since the local legislature cannot enforce federal legislation. 

"Following xenophobic messages against Mexican migrants in the United States, we urge the federal government to suspend or prohibit U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump entry to Mexico," local deputy Mauricio Toledo said, according to Milenio. "The principle of equality must be understood above all as equal treatment, without discrimination, and the issues that matter to the majority of a community are susceptible to be protected by the state."

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On Wednesday the Mexican government gave its first direct response to the real estate mogul's pledge to build the wall with Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray saying it was an “absurd idea.”

Earlier this week the Republican hopeful reaffirmed his idea of building a wall to along the US-Mexico border, adding that Mexican government is going to pay for it. 

The statements encouraged local lawmakers to take the symbolic action, which according to them is meant to urge Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to more forcefully confront Trump.

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"Hitler was very popular, very popular, he was liked, his nationalist stance defended German values,” lawmaker Victor Hugo Romo told Noticias MSV. “In my view, Donald Trump is virtually a replica: sexist, misogynist, and he is all for toilet politics, he doesn’t respect diversity.”

Meanwhile, the president's office said it hopes that the government may be able to counter some of his harsh views by eventually meeting with the Republican and Democratic nominees to discuss the relationship with Mexico which is the U.S. third largest trading partner and second largest export market for products.

Trump’s campaign has exacerbated racial, ethnic and gender tensions in the U.S. presidential race. However, this has apparently helped grow his popularity among Republican primary voters as he won seven states on Super Tuesday.

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