Serious allegations of systematic and organized intervention by Mexico in the internal political processes of the United States are made by award-winning investigative journalist and author Peter Schweizer in his new book, The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon. According to Schweizer, Mexico utilizes its extensive network of more than 50 consulates in the US to conduct a "shadow campaign," aiming to transform legal and irregular migrants into an organized political force that will influence American elections in favor of Mexican interests. As he argues, the Mexican government "blatantly intervenes in US internal politics," collaborating with American political consultants to direct the stance of millions of migrants.
School textbooks and "identity lessons"
Among the most controversial practices described in the book is the sending of approximately one million school textbooks annually to American schools, which—according to the author—teach the Mexican version of American history and other subjects. At the same time, Mexican consulates offer educational programs to adult Mexican-Americans. However, as Schweizer notes, the purpose of these courses is not the integration of migrants into American society, but the strengthening of a distinct political identity and national affiliation.
Mass protests with a political goal
Particular emphasis is placed on the contribution of consulates to the organization of mass demonstrations against policies aimed at restricting illegal immigration. In the spring of 2007, hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of dozens of American cities, blocking roads and holding flags of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. Slogans such as "Today we march, tomorrow we vote" and "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us," openly challenged the right of the US to determine its immigration policy. According to estimates, between 3.5 and 5 million people participated in the mobilizations in 20 cities within a period of a few months. The result was the withdrawal of a bill that would have upgraded illegal immigration to a felony. In a demonstration in Los Angeles, Mexican television journalist Alberto Tinoco characteristically stated on Mexican television: "With all due respect to Uncle Sam, this shows that Los Angeles never stopped being ours."
The role of former president López Obrador
Schweizer argues that the intervention peaked in 2017, when the then President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), toured American cities with the aim of mobilizing Mexican migrants against the immigration policies of President Donald Trump, which had seriously affected the revenues of drug cartels. According to the book, AMLO went as far as proposing the conversion of Mexican consulates into "migrant defense offices," a move characterized as unprecedented political pressure from the leader of a neighboring country toward a sitting US president. "AMLO was not just helping migrants with legal cases," Schweizer writes. "He was actively seeking political and electoral change within the United States. Such a blatant intervention by a foreign leader in American politics is unprecedented—at least from a country with which the US was not at war."
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