Oh, now this is rich.
The Department of Homeland Security — yes, the same agency that couldn’t seem to secure our southern border — finally, under Trump’s direction, had a moment of clarity, and boy, did they stick the landing.
When videos of protestors in Mexico City screaming, “Your new home is an invasion,” hit the internet, DHS did something totally out of character: they leaned in. Not with policy. Not with another press conference. No, with a perfectly sharpened tweet.
“If you are in the United States illegally and wish to join the next protest in Mexico City, use the CBP Home app to facilitate your departure.”
If you are in the United States illegally and wish to join the next protest in Mexico City, use the CBP Home app to facilitate your departure. https://t.co/P2vKuhbp65
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 6, 2025
Chef’s kiss. Seriously, who greenlit that tweet? Give them a medal, a bonus, and maybe the nuclear codes — because that was the first time DHS has displayed anything even remotely resembling a spine in public.
Let’s not skip past the irony here. The left loves to romanticize — Mexico, the cultural utopia that American progressives keep telling us we should emulate — is now being overrun with American expats and tourists, and guess what? The locals are not happy. You’ve got chants about invasion, gentrification, and skyrocketing rent. Sound familiar? It should because that’s the exact same rhetoric that gets you branded a xenophobe if you say it in this country.
But when Mexicans do it? Suddenly, it’s just a community “protecting its identity.” Suddenly, it’s noble. Passionate. Authentic. Funny how that works.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 6, 2025
And let’s talk about these digital nomads — the laptop class that fled San Francisco, Portland, and Brooklyn the minute things got tough, only to recreate their overpriced oat milk world in someone else’s backyard. They drove up prices. Changed the culture. Swapped out taquerías for vegan brunch. And now the locals have had enough. If it were happening here, the ACLU would be filing lawsuits. But because it’s happening to Americans, we’re supposed to chuckle and nod.
Of course, no one in the mainstream press dares to draw the obvious parallels. The idea that nations might not actually enjoy being culturally steamrolled by outsiders? Taboo in the U.S. But in Mexico? It’s front-page news. They’re literally marching through the streets holding signs like “We shouldn’t feel like foreigners in our own land.”
Imagine — imagine — if someone in, say, Texas or Arizona said that out loud. CNN would run a week-long special on rising fascism in America. MSNBC would be in mourning. But when Mexican citizens say it, suddenly, it’s a nuanced discussion about urban displacement and socioeconomic stress.
The real kicker? The DHS tweet wasn’t just a joke — it was a moment of brutal honesty. We do have a self-deportation app. We do know where illegal immigrants are. We do have the tech and infrastructure to manage departures.
If Mexico’s tolerance is reaching its breaking point… what does that say about ours?
Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: the protests in Mexico might be a mirror. And what we’re seeing in that reflection? It’s not pretty.
