"The video posted this week on official embassy social media accounts depicts a group of men wearing black caps and sporting tattoos performing a kind of traditional Mexican ballad known as a corrido."
"The social media post also contains a link to CBP Home, a website that helps migrants in the US to return to their home countries."
"Carlos Eduardo Espina, a Uruguayan-American influencer with 14.3 million followers on TikTok, posted a reaction clip to the embassy's video."
"The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the videos were discriminatory. She later said she would ask the Mexican Congress to pass a law banning such ads from appearing in the country."
A video from the US embassy in Mexico encouraging migrants to self-deport has generated significant backlash. The video features men performing a corrido, urging viewers to return to their homeland. It includes a link to a website assisting migrants in returning home. Social media reactions have been overwhelmingly negative, with users labeling the message as supremacist and discriminatory. Influencer Carlos Eduardo Espina criticized the video, which follows previous controversial ads from US authorities aimed at discouraging illegal immigration. The Mexican president plans to propose a law against such foreign advertisements.
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