Trump’s border czar: ‘If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem’
Most Americans aren’t aware just how strict other countries are with over staying. France will go to your hotel and look for you if you don’t show up for your return flight to the US. Mexico has a zone called the Free zone.
It is 12 to 16 miles inland from the border in which you are free to live and come and go without permission from the Mexican Government.
Past that, if you are a tourist, such as the woman in the video, https://t.co/mS6Dx6P5fz” / X you’re out if you overstay.
All you need to do is get in a car, or motorcycle in my case and drive through Baja Mexico and you will find out about armed checkpoints in the middle of nowhere to check your papers. They said but in reality, it is not about checking papers. It is about robbing Mexicans who are returning home after working in the USA on a valid work visa.
Border Patrol agents can be anywhere “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” A reasonable distance is defined as 100 air miles from those borders. Movable checkpoints well away from the border are standard near the US/Mexico frontier.This is actually very uncommon, there are thousands of US citizens living in different parts of Mexico, they go retire there. San Felipe, BC, San Carlos, Sonora, La Paz BCS, etc.
San Carlos, Sonora is full of americans, every story speaks english and most of the properties are foreign owners
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I used to own a vacation/retirement home in Baja – going back 30 years. ~Anonymous
You don’t dot every “i” and cross every “t” AND keep it all current, they’ll toss you in a heartbeat. Very friendly about it, but ZERO bullisht allowed. You’re an exceptionally stupid person not to be able to understand the legal process vs illegally overstaying a tourist visa.
You have to apply to their government to do that. You must prove that you have $100K and can take care of yourself. If you are doing dual citizenship you must learn Spanish. Wait, so they went through the legal process you say and aren’t entering illegally or overstaying on visas… and aren’t committing crimes or demanding taxpayer paid entitlements? So weird.
If they have bought property they most likely would have also gotten the proper papers to reside in Mexico long-term.
US citizens must apply and get permission from the Mexican government to live there. One of the biggest criterias to be approved is to have money. US citizens with money are allowed to live in Mexico, those without money are not. They want our $$.
Expats in Mexico don’t just stroll down there, buy a place and ignore the government. They have to have the correct paperwork to be there, have property, have a car… it’s very racist of you to think otherwise…Actually there are Millions, estimates around around 1.5million expats legally living in Mexico. This is done through a legal process where you receive a temporary and then permanent residence visa.
This person was on an FMM or visitor permission.
Do U.S. citizens need a Mexican visa?
Mexico Entry Requirements for US Citizens | Tourist Card MX Tourists and business travelers from the United States can stay up to 180 days visa-free in Mexico. Americans can also transit in Mexico for up to 30 days without a visa.
They have temporary or permanent residency. You have to show consistent income of over 4K a month to get it now.The Mexican government welcomes foreigners with money. Just like almost every other country. They constantly check and ask for passports all over Latin America. Any bus ride I ever took, a passport was required if you didn’t have a local ID.
They would check the days left on it as well.
Does that even happen anywhere in the USA?
Here you just disappear and go wherever you please in all the states 
. Whenever I go outside the US and explain how things work here people just look shocked at how lax we are. In other countries I have to bring my passport just in case I get stopped. Exactly. Here you can get a job and/or apply for welfare, housing, etc.
Which is why the US has now awakened and will no longer be putting up with that.
When you arrive on a Tourist Passport/Visa you inform French Customs of your departure date. If you are not back when you’re supposed to be out of the country you are in direct violation of over staying and subject to deportation. You can’t just move and live in France. Period. The only exception is if you’re planning on joining the French Foreign Legion.
They let you stay if you try out and are accepted by the French Foreign Legion.
Actually. France is a real sieve where any criminal can find refuge. Expulsions are almost non-existent. We are suffering the destruction of our country by the incompetence of our leaders and the barbaric invasion of uncontrolled immigration.
Overstayed my visa in Australia. Notified them willingly and they gave me a week to leave or would be arrested and deported. Left the country and got a notice in the mail that I was banned from traveling to Australia for 4 years, A key difference is, Mexico has an immigration desk. If you aren’t legal, you can’t fly out. My visa expired, so I had to go to Villahermosa and get a ‘safe passage’ document to get out.
My coworkers were calling me “mojado”
No country in the world has open borders. There are reasons for this: Protection of the country and citizens from criminals. Preservation of national identity and culture. Economic costs associated with open borders. These are just a few. However, globalists want this. They want to dilute cultures, especially the West’s, so they can have their New World Order and control everything. Democrats, being of unsound mind, have blindly followed like lap dogs. It would never occur to me to overstay a timed visa in any country.
As of 2024, there were between 1.5 and 2 million visa overstays by people that had “simply disappeared” here in the US. Probably closer to 3 million by now. We’ve never done any enforcement of those overstays, and should. Basically no other country on this earth accepts millions of foreigners a year at the taxpayer’s expense.
Bottomline: Mexico does not allow Americans to go into their country without a proper/valid ID. They don’t tolerate abuse of visas. They enforce their border laws, but for some damn reason they think the US should allow Mexicans & other foreigners to come into our country without proper/valid ID & allow them to overstay their visas, sometimes for years, even decades. Because that works to their benefit, but not ours.
Actually, thousands of Americans are living illegally in Mexico. They live in the most expensive zones, avoid paying taxes, and most of them with jobs still paid in dollars. Why? Because Mexico is cheap for americans. Don’t try to play a victim card using “benefits” as an excuse,
American citizens need a passport to enter Mexico. To travel further than 20 kilometers into the interior, for longer than 72 hours, they will also need a Mexico Tourist Card (Forma Migratoria Multiple or FMM Card). If they stay longer than 180 days with a passport & an FMM card, they will also NEED A VISA.
Every country requires a passport to travel abroad. Filling out a form ain’t such a big trouble, and if it has a cost, It’s probably a couple dollars. It is simply not the same. Every American can visit Mexico but not every Mexican can visit the US.
Borders – Language – Culture. It’s what Defines a Country!
That’s NOT what I said. I’m saying Mexico enforces their border laws. AS THEY SHOULD. As ANY country should. I don’t expect anything less from ANY country around the world. When I travel to other countries around the world, including Mexico, I’m prepared to enter with the proper/valid ID that country requires.
But Mexico doesn’t want the US enforcing our border laws.
Their President is FIGHTING against the US deporting illegals back to Mexico even though those Mexican citizens did NOT follow OUR border laws. Even when they enter our country & are given legal visas, they’re overstaying which is breaking our border laws.
As the American woman did in Mexico.
She overstayed & broke their laws & was deported. As she should have been. Mexican illegals are now complaining about it (just as this American woman did), but they did not follow the law (and neither did she). Then Mexico sent “an army” of Mexican lawyers here to help fight deportation of illegals from the US. I’m saying it’s hypocritical of the Mexican Government.
Btw, I’m well aware of American expats living in Mexico.
It has nothing to do with this. I’ve traveled to Mexico many, many times over the years. I live in a border state. I speak the language. I have many friends in Mexico both personal & professional for many years, including people in law enforcement & a federal judge. I think I have a little more insight into this than you do.
This is about following the laws of both countries.
It’s the USA government just ignoring the laws already in place, especially because it makes a lot of money that they keep. Yes, they cost money to the system, but they also generate more than they take….