In a recent discussion on the podcast “Pod Force One,” author Peter Schweizer articulated a provocative theory: some foreign nations, including Mexico and China, are utilizing mass migration as a strategic tool to influence U.S. politics. Schweizer, known for his best-selling book “The Invisible Coup,” suggests that these countries aim to become “political kingmakers” by using migration to their advantage.

While the economic and social impacts of the immigration surge during the administration of former President Joe Biden are widely recognized, Schweizer argues that the deeper political implications remain largely unnoticed. According to him, recent immigrants have established “political networks” within the United States that are strategically significant, yet not immediately visible to the general public.

“This is a different kind of migration,” Schweizer explained to host Miranda Devine. “Unlike the waves of Irish immigrants 120 years ago or Mexican-Americans 50 years ago, today’s migration is deliberately orchestrated with political motives in mind.”

He pointed to public statements by Mexican officials as evidence of this strategy. For instance, a high-ranking aide to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned in December 2024 that the Mexican population in the United States has reached nearly 40 million, framing it as a kind of “reclamation” of territory.

Schweizer’s remarks have sparked a conversation about the complex dynamics of migration and its potential to reshape political landscapes, urging listeners to consider not only the visible effects but also the underlying strategies at play.

“We already know that the Mexican population in the United States reaches 39.9 million,” a top aide to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in December 2024, according to Schweizer. 

“We Mexicans are reclaiming our territory,” the official said.

Mexican Sen. Felix Salgado also boasted, “Mexicans are in our territory: California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming,” according to Schweizer, citing a report from “just a couple years ago.”

We’re going to take back the territory that was stolen from us,” Salgado said.

Schweizer acknowledged that on the surface, the idea of Mexico seizing US territory “sounds ridiculous.”

But the Mexican government has “erected a political infrastructure in the United States that is geared towards organizing” Mexican migrants “to serve Mexico’s interests in very specific ways,” he insisted.

He claimed that the Mexican government has surreptitiously been “meddling in our domestic politics,” such as by organizing anti-ICE protests within the US. 

“They probably don’t literally expect these states to become Mexican states, but they do want to become political kingmakers within our borders – and they are already trying,” he said.

The Chinese government has meanwhile been taking advantage of birthright citizenship in the US, according to Schweizer. 

“[T]here are literally thousands of Chinese companies that Chinese elites pay maybe $80,000, $100,000 to fly their pregnant wives or girlfriends to the United States,” the author said. “They give birth here. As soon as the child is able to travel on an airplane again, they fly back to China. 

“But they carry with them a birth certificate and the ability to declare themselves an American citizen at any time.”

Schweizer warned that the US government has not been keeping track of how many people have done this – but the Chinese government has and, “The numbers are eye-popping.

“Their estimates are that every year over the last 13 years, roughly 100,000 Chinese babies have been born in the United States or our territories,” the author said. “That includes Saipan, places like Guam, etc. That is included in birthright citizenship.

Schweizer argued the practice is a “massive problem” because there are now “more than a million” people with US citizenship “who have never lived here, that have no connection to the country whatsoever, who have been raised in an elite society of the [Chinese Communist Party]” and have the right to return to the US at any time and vote in elections.