Foreign minister meeting with her consuls in El Paso, San Antonio, Eagle Pass and Laredo to prepare ‘defense’ should courts let Texas demand proof of immigration status. Alicia Barcena was in El Paso on Wednesday with a message to residents of Mexican descent uncomfortable with Texas’ aggressive efforts to enforce immigration laws. “We want Mexican and immigrant communities here to know Mexico will support them whether or not SB4 is enforced,” Mexico’s foreign minister said during the first of four stops in Texas to meet with her 11 consuls general in the state. “We are very concerned; that’s why we are here to promote initiatives like ‘Know your rights,’ legal assistance and 24-hour protection for our nationals.” She emphasized that her country will not accept any migrants, from Mexico or other countries, that Texas attempts to return to Mexico. Repatriation of Mexicans by the U.S. government is still in effect and Mexico accepts the expulsion by the U.S. of other migrants under mutually agreed upon conditions.