Mexican President Urges Latin Voters Not to Vote for US Presidential Candidate from Republican Party Ron DeSantis, Why?

Ron DeSantis. (Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore)

JAKARTA - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Latino voters not to support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2024 United States Presidential Election, accusing the Republican politician of trying to win votes at the expense of migrants.

DeSantis said Wednesday he will run as the Republican candidate for US President in 2024, vowing to build a wall on the Mexican border, in the latest in a series of hardline comments on immigration that he said resonated with Latino voters who want enforcement strong law.

President Lopez Obrador dismissed the comments.

"All his political games with migrants are because he wants to be the Republican candidate," President Lopez Obrador told a government press conference, launching Reuters May 26.

"I hope Hispanic people in Florida wake up and don't give him a single vote," he continued.

DeSantis, who has championed border security and derided so-called "sanctuary cities" where migrants can take refuge, said he would impose tough controls on illegal immigration and limit asylum.

"Day one, this is a national emergency. We're going to put all our resources into building a border wall, closing the border," the governor of Florida told Fox News.

As well as building the wall, he also said he would pursue programs similar to former US President Donald Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy, a controversial policy that forced asylum seekers to remain in Mexico pending hearings in the US. regarding their claims.

President Lopez Obrador, who has previously warned Republicans not to target migrants for political gain, also attacked Donald Trump early in his administration over his immigration policies.

At that time, Lopez Obrador was in the opposition in Mexico. However, after Lopez Obrador came to power in 2018, he acceded to pressure from Trump to tighten Mexico's borders.

It is known, the term of President Lopez Obrador will end before the next US election. He is trying to drum up support for a successor to be chosen in June 2024.