Millions of Americans live in Mexico. Can we continue to coexist?
Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz
Donald Trump’s reckless plan for a wall risks destroying a relationship that isn’t all just one-way
Mon 23 Jan 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ump-futures-mexico-us-interlocked-wall-border
With nearly two million Americans living among us, Mexico is the country with the largest community of US citizens living outside the United States. In the state of Jalisco, of which I am governor, one of the largest communities of expatriate Americans in the world resides peacefully on the banks of Lake Chapala, with thousands of others living in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. These people are an essential part of the heartbeat of our community. However, I fear the inflammatory rhetoric of Trump could put that social harmony at risk, sowing the seeds of division. The lazy stereotypes he uses are wrong and unbefitting of a man who is now leading one of the greatest countries in the world.