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In reply to the discussion: Mexico says it will take legal action against US over El Paso shooting [View all]Igel
(35,435 posts)It helps make sure that the Mexican citizens in the US, legal or otherwise, remain loyal, to some extent, to Mexico, and retain ties to their country.
It shows the domestic audience that Mexico stands up to the Big Bad Imperialist Wolf and can't be pushed around.
It shows the US Mexican audience that Mexico has its back, so
don't despair, stay in the US and don't run back home, scared, and so
keep those remittances flowing--$38 billion in 2018--and
when election time comes, be sure to vote for the party that has your back
It's a nice reflex. If you can't do something, then doing nothing very loudly gives the impression of doing something.
Yes, remittances to Mexico were $38 billion. Auto exports were 3 1/2 times higher, but remittances were the #2 import item in Mexico, and, well, let's face it, they were pretty much pure profit. (And that doesn't count money laundering, so with drug and people smuggling maybe remittances were #3.)