Mexico's president called on U.S. citizens Monday not to vote for Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis because of his state's enactment of a tough immigration bill.
The comments about the Florida law, which the Mexican government has said is likely to cause discrimination against migrants, marks President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's second recent break with Mexico's tradition of non-intervention in the politics of other countries. In March, he called Peru's government racist and illegitimate.Under the Florida law that went into effect July 1, employers who hire immigrants who are in the country illegally will face tough punishments.
Another provision requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to include a citizenship question on intake forms, which critics have said is intended to dissuade immigrants living in the U.S. illegally from seeking medical care. In a statement Saturday, Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said the Florida law "will affect the human rights of thousands of people, Mexican girls and boys, exacerbating hostile situations that could result in hate crimes against the migrant community."
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