INS UPGRADES MEXICO ALERT, CITES NEW ADMINISTRATION?

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

A source in Mexican diplomatic circles in Mexico City sent us this missive credited to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services saying it is upgrading its inspection of luggage and documents coming from that country. (Click to enlarge.)

In a latter allegedly issued Nov. 26 by the USCIS states that "as of today, the immigration amber alert from Mexico has become red, due to their political environment facing the new administration taking power this coming Dec. 1, 2018.

"In the past few week, the United States of America has received record visitors from Mexico and deposits on the US financial system."

As a result, the letter continues, the USCIS "will be conducting severe and meticulous inspections of all documents and luggage from Mexican nationals."

Them, toward the end, it continues: "We strongly suggest to all Mexican nationals that reside in the United States of America with non-immigrant visas, not to travel out of the country as they will be subject to the same inspection as any other Mexican national coming to our country."

Some of the awkward language of the letter has raises some suspicions, and a check of the USCIS website (https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts?field_article_news_topic_tid=All&topic_id=_&field_release_date_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=&field_release_date_value_1%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&multiple=mexico+alert&items_per_page=10) did not yield any such alert dated Nov. 26.

The government of president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is scheduled to take office Dec. 1 (Saturday). The letter's reference to "their new political environment facing the administration" is apparently, a misspelling or typo of "the new political environment."

It's ironic that AMLO just announced yesterday that investors have received assurances that their investments will be protected and said his administration has already started talks with U.S. and Canadian heads of state to assure a smooth financial transition.

And the reference to record visitors and increases in deposits from Mexico in the U.S. financial system would indicate a run on the Mexico financial system. Is this a legit letter, or a ruse to fuel a run on the Mexican financial system and fuel fears of the Mexican people and foreign investors of the incoming administration?