Last year in my red home state of Oklahoma, a Mexican consulate was opened. This consulate was encouraged, facilitated, and celebrated by Republican Governor Kevin Stitt and Republican Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt.

I thought it was a bad idea.  Apparently, though, nobody influential in the Oklahoma GOP or the state government spoke out against it.

But now I can say, ”I told you so.” Allow me to quote myself.

In an article from December 2022, after Governor Stitt announced the consulate’s opening the following spring, I wrote this:

Mexican consulates are centers of subversion. They promote illegal immigration. They meddle in U.S. politics. They promote dual citizenship. They undermine the loyalty of Mexican-Americans to the country in which they were born or welcomed them as naturalized citizens. Thus, consulates work against assimilation and, even worse, American sovereignty. 

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In May of 2023 I had an article about the celebrated opening of the Mexican consulate in Oklahoma City, attended by gushing panderers Stitt and Holt. I wrote this:

Mexico claims jurisdiction of all children born to Mexican parents on U.S. soil and regards Americans of Mexican ancestry as Mexicans. Stitt and Holt don’t care. They facilitate the opening of the Mexican consulate to Hispander and for the sake of giving Oklahoma City ”global potential.”

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Once again, nobody with influence in Oklahoma cared what I had to say.

Now, House Bill 4156 has passed both houses of the legislature and needs only the governor’s signature to become law.

A Texas-style immigration bill, House Bill 4156, passed through the Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday after a vote of 39 to 8. The measure now goes to the governor. https://t.co/NarVySHwhw

— Tulsa World (@tulsaworld) April 23, 2024

The law would allow Oklahoma state and local police to remove illegal aliens from Oklahoma. Sounds great.

Ah, but what does the Mexican consulate in Oklahoma, so sought after by Governor Stitt, have to say about it?

Well, the Mexican consulate is tweeting against it (in Spanish, of course, my translation):

• On April 17 [before it passed either chamber], the consulate tweeted this : ”We will inform in an opportune manner our community over the development and impact of the anti-migrant laws that have been presented in Oklahoma. Remember: the migrants strengthen the local economy, make it more competitive, pay taxes and have low levels of criminality.”

• On April 20 [after it passed the House, before it passed the Senate], the consulate tweeted this: ”HB 4156 has not taken effect ... in case it is approved, it would take effect July 1. Even in this case, it is very probable that legal resources will be provided against it to prevent its execution.”
• And the consulate tweeted: ”1. The negative rhetoric against our community has no basis. 2. It will be hard for the law to take effect. Don’t be afraid. 3. In case you are detained, stay calm, be respectful with the officer and ask to speak with your consulate. Make no declaration.”

I TOLD YOU SO.