A consulate is a diplomatic establishment of Country A in Country B. One of its tasks is to give aid to citizens of Country A who are in Country B.
When I resided in Mexico, I went to the nearest American consulate several times and received good service there.
However, at what point do consulate personnel cross the line and go from helping their fellow citizens to meddling in Country B? Certainly, it has occurred before.
An October 30th article in the New York Times reports on an activity carried out by the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, California.
The title of the article is As ICE Raids Upend L.A., Mexican Immigrants Vent, and a Diplomat Listens.
Mexico’s Consul General in Los Angeles is Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez.
“Every Monday morning, Mexico’s top diplomat in Los Angeles, Carlos González Gutiérrez, holds public forums that have become a kind of help desk for Mexican nationals whose lives have been upended by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The meetings, known as ‘audiencias publicas,’ or public hearings in Spanish, have drawn dozens of people to the Mexican consulate since the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids began in the Los Angeles region in June,” the New York Times reports.
Read the rest of this article at Mexico News Report
