The protests are really about the rising cost of rent, which is supposedly up 47% due to Americans that have relocated there. I’d think a lot of them are retired people, and with the influx of money, there is also the gentrification of areas within Mexico City. And to add to the humor of the whole thing, they’re demanding the immigrants learn Spanish and use Pesos, but I’ve also seen one protestor graffiti a a building with “kill a gringo”, which would make me concerned if I were white and living there. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Worth pointing out, to immigrate legally into Mexico, you have to prove you’re financially stable and can meet all of your needs, which is far greater than the requirements to immigrate into the United States of America. So read that as Mexicans actually protesting against legal immigrants, and literally being what the left lies and says Trump supporters are here, racist xenophobes. As Americans love and welcome immigrants, who do it legally, which is not difficult though it can be a little time consuming.
By Ward Clark
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Ever notice how you run across a news item now and then that just hammers you with some cosmic-level irony?
This is one of those; it seems residents of Mexico City are protesting against mass tourism and “gentrification.” Note that this last term is often used to describe the process of turning a given urban area from a marginally habitable craphole and making it into a decent place. But, yes, the irony! Oh, the irony!
A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners.
Masked protesters smashed through the windows and looted high-end businesses in the touristic areas of Condesa and Roma, and screamed at tourists in the area. Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.” Protesters held signs reading “gringos, stop stealing our home” and demanding local legislation to better regulate tourism levels and stricter housing laws.
Marchers then continued on to protest outside the U.S. Embassy and chanted inside the city’s metro system. Police reinforcements gathered outside the Embassy building as police sirens rung out in the city center Friday evening.
One wonders if “mostly peaceful” – or, should I say, “mayormente pacífico” – is used as euphemistically in Mexico as it is by the legacy media here in the Estados Unidos.
Either way, the irony is palpable. The residents of Mexico City, of course, are entitled to be concerned about some of this, especially since the COVID debacle drove a lot of telecommuting gringos south of the border, where they learned that one can live pretty well in Mexico on a salary that is just tolerable in the USA.
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But what about our concerns about illegal aliens – many of them from Mexico – being in our country? One would think that, out of intellectual consistency if nothing else, some in Mexico might be looking north now and feeling a little abashed.
But here’s the chuckle-inducing bit: Our own Department of Homeland Security is offering to help out any Mexican citizens who want to return home to partake in the protests.
If you are in the United States illegally and wish to join the next protest in Mexico City, use the CBP Home app to facilitate your departure. https://t.co/P2vKuhbp65— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 6, 2025
Now that’s a fine troll, and that’s a natural-born fact. This app was originally intended to help illegal immigrants enter the United States by the Biden administration and was repurposed by the Trump administration to help them out – literally. In fact, illegal aliens who self-deport through this app have been offered a one-time payment of $1,000 and a plane ticket home. I think that’s more than the Soros organization is paying protesters here.
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One X user, replying to DHS, had a great suggestion:
Imagine DHS going full sarcasm mode: “Need help getting to a protest against yourselves? There’s an app for that.” Next update: CBP Home adds UberPool with ICE agents.— Ultramõrd Sillu (@suunasolkija) July 6, 2025
Heck, they don’t even have to go back to their country of origin. The old bartender’s warning applies: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.