
The Mexican president highlights the role of Mexican descendants in American public life
President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated the election of Xavier Becerra as California's first Latino governor and Gina Hinojosa as the first Hispanic woman to lead Texas, highlighting Mexican descendants' ties to Mexico at a time of heated immigration debate in the United States.
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The article reports the statements of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the election of Xavier Becerra and Gina Hinojosa, both with parents born in Mexico, in California and Texas respectively, at a time of heated migration debate in the United States.
The election of the two politicians with Mexican roots was celebrated by President Claudia Sheinbaum. The leader highlighted the statements of Xavier Becerra and Gina Hinojosa, the latter destined to put an end to almost three decades of Republican administrations in the Texan state.
The head of state emphasized the active participation of Mexican descendants in the public life of the United States.
“I think it shows a sentiment of the American people,” he said, commenting on the election results, which came at a time of heated immigration debate in the country.
Becerra will be the first Latino governor elected by popular vote in California, while Hinojosa will become the first Hispanic woman to lead Texas. “Both have one or two Mexican-born parents and an obvious connection to Mexicans,” Sheinbaum concluded.

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