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Statement from Mexican border governors declares support for their country’s sovereignty

Alfonso Durazo
Gobierno de Mexico
Alfonso Durazo

A coalition of governors from Mexico has put out a statement defending the country’s sovereignty and support for immigrants in the United States.

The governor of the state of Sonora, which borders Arizona, was part of the coalition.

Its statement issued Tuesday declares support for the millions of Mexicans living in the United States. President Donald Trump has promised mass deportations. Many of the unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. are from Mexico.

The statement says Mexico is a “free, independent and sovereign country," echoing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s words after the Trump inauguration.

The governors of all six of the Mexican states that border the United States signed the statement.

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Nina Kravinsky is a senior field correspondent covering stories about Sonora and the border from the Hermosillo, Mexico, bureau of KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk.