Carlos Slim’s vested interest in Mexican immigration to US, backing its lobbying and protest groups
Carlos Slim is one of the richest men in the world and he has monopolistic control of telecommunications services in Mexico.
With that, he has a vested interest in backing Mexican immigration, both legal and illegal, to the United States, as it is the largest source of revenue for the Mexican economy. This source of revenue for Mexico is even larger than its oil sales. And money being sent back from the U.S. to Mexico in one way or another largely goes to Slim, a high percentage garnered by Slim through phone service fees and bank transfers, U.S. to Mexico.
The Mexican lobby is hugely powerful in Washington and Slim is playing his leverage to the hilt, including by backing pro-immigration protests in this summer of discontent. He has prepared the way with his bailout of The New York Times, long the bellwether of the mainstream media - other news sources in The U.S. looked to the New York Times first to determine if a story was “valid” to proceed with. Slim’s bail-out of The New York Times was apparently motivated on the condition that they take a lenient editorial line on Mexican immigration - not that The New York Times wouldn’t have taken a lenient position anyway, but Slim’s bail-out certainly would serve to extinguish any hope that The Times might put on a show of fair and balanced reporting.
Posted by Money doesn't insulate Jill Haliburton on Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:24 | #
..from black lives. She was a member of the family giving its name to the corporation.
Jill Halliburton Su, 59