Mexico City, May 24 -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday her government will send another diplomatic mission to the United States to oppose a proposed 3.5% tax on remittances, warning the measure would severely impact millions of Mexican nationals living abroad.
Speaking at her daily press conference, Sheinbaum rejected the proposal passed Thursday by the US House of Representatives and urged the Mexican community in the United States to mobilise against it.
"Say no to a remittance tax," she said. "Another team will travel next week to speak with US senators and our community across the border to keep working to stop this."
The remittance tax, initially proposed at 5 percent and later revised to 3.5%, now moves to the US ...