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Peter Schweizer dropped a political bombshell with his new book and interviews, alleging that Mexico’s unusually large diplomatic footprint — more than 50 consulates across the United States — is being used to organize anti-ICE protests and push a political agenda inside American communities. Schweizer paints this as part of a broader “weaponized immigration” strategy aimed at reshaping U.S. politics and even reclaiming territory under the banner of reconquista. Those are explosive charges and Americans have a right to demand answers, not platitudes.
Unsurprisingly, Mexico’s diplomatic apparatus rushed to insist on “strict political neutrality,” and President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly denied any effort to sway U.S. elections or foment unrest. Those denials mean little next to the public statements and documents Schweizer unearthed — you don’t get 53 consulates spread across a foreign jurisdiction for purely benign tourist brochures. When a foreign government’s own rhetoric includes talk of reclaiming territory, the benefit of the doubt runs out fast.
This Sunday the Mexican ambassador to Washington, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, went on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures to try and put the controversy to rest and to stress bilateral cooperation on cracking down on cartels. The ambassador’s presence underlines how seriously this has erupted into a diplomatic row, and Washington watchers should note that the conversation was not simply a squabble over words but tied to real security cooperation that can’t be ignored. Americans deserve transparency about where Mexican consular activity ends and foreign political operations begin.
Patriotic Americans should be blunt: if foreign governments are using diplomatic networks to meddle in our domestic affairs, that is an affront to our sovereignty and a national-security threat. Congress should demand hearings, the State Department should produce an accounting of foreign consular activities, and law enforcement should investigate any coordination that crosses from consular assistance into political interference. We defended American democracy against foreign meddling from every corner of the globe — we must do the same when it comes from right across our southern border.
Finally, this is about more than politics; it’s about rule of law and protecting the brave federal agents trying to enforce it. Those who cheer on the obstruction of ICE and other law-enforcement efforts under the guise of protest are enabling chaos and endangering lives. Conservatives will keep fighting for secure borders, respect for American sovereignty, and accountability for any actor — foreign or domestic — that attempts to undermine our nation.
