24-year-old activist Tyler Reynolds, who has spent the last three years saying why Mexico is better than the United States and why Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ruining American life, reaffirmed on Tuesday that he has no plan to actually go to Mexico. “Mexico has culture, better food, better people, and a government that actually treats people with respect! " Reynolds said while having a matcha latte in his duplex. "America is the worst country in the world. I really don’t get why anyone would want to be here. We are a fascist authoritarian regime!" When asked if he had thought about going to the country he calls paradise, Reynolds looked confused.

Reynolds, who regularly posts "Abolish ICE" on Instagram, said the United States should copy Mexico's way of dealing with immigration even though he can’t explain what that way is. “Borders are imaginary lines made to separate people," Reynolds said. When told that Mexico has its rules about who can come in, has its own agencies to handle that and can send people back if they break the rules, Reynolds looked at the wall for a while before saying, "That’s different."

People who know Reynolds say his love for Mexico started on a one-week trip to Cancún, where he stayed somewhere with everything, including food, private pools, and people who spoke English. “Mexico is amazing " Reynolds said. "Every morning someone brought me breakfast, did my laundry, washed my towels, and cleaned my room. The people were nice. I didn’t have to worry about anything. That’s freedom."

When asked if his time in a place really showed how people live in Mexico Reynolds said such questions were "not good" and said reporters were trying to stop him from sharing his “lived experience.” “Just because I was in a place doesn’t mean I don’t know the country " he said. "I  did a lot of research on culture being going." By “research” he just means the slop TikToks he doomscrolls on. 

Reynolds is also known in his group as someone that wants to end ICE, where he often talks about how the United States is wrong to stop people from coming in. “Every country should let everyone come in no questions " Reynolds said at an event. "It’s not right for a government to pick who can come and who can’t."

When someone asked if Mexico should stop its own people from coming in Reynolds asked for five minutes to look it up. When he came back he said his idea was for countries he doesn’t like. “Look it’s complicated " he said. "When America stops people that’s bad. When another country does it we have to respect their rights and how they live." Experts call this way of thinking "border abolition," a new idea where borders are not real when it’s America, but are real when it’s another country.

Reynolds’s belief that Mexico is better is also a part of his online life. His Instagram says, "America is not the country to live in. Mexico is better ". His bio has seven Mexican flag emojis and a link to his online store.

His popular video is called "10 Reasons Mexico Is Better Than the USA " and has over 200,000 views. In the video, Reynolds talks about how bad America is while driving his Range Rover in Summit, NJ. “People in Mexico really know what community is " Reynolds says in the video. "Americans care much about money and being easy. America is literally such a dystopian, final-stage capitalism society." The video ends with Reynolds saying his Starbucks order is taking too long.

Even though he has ideas, friends say Reynolds gets uncomfortable when people say he should act on them. “I support immigration " he said. "I don’t support moving myself."

In another time Reynolds was asked if he would trade his citizenship for Mexican if he could. Witnesses said he allegedly stayed quiet for thirty seconds before asking if he could keep his American passport "just in case." “Of course Mexico is better” he said, “Having an American passport is really good for traveling and I don’t want to lose that. You can get killed out there without an American passport"

Dr. Andrew Fostiropoulos, a professor of philosophy at MIT University, explained the idea. “It’s interesting," Fostiropoulos said. "These people are sure another country is better. When they get the chance to move there they find forty-seven reasons to stay."

Meanwhile Reynolds has plans to start a podcast called Why America Is the Worst, which will be made with American software shared through American technology and paid for with money from American ads. The first episode "Why Mexico Has Everything Figured Out " will have Reynolds talk about how bad America's with a guest who has never been to Mexico.

When asked if he might move to the south, Reynolds said no. “No" he said. "I have a trust fund here, lots of chances, and everything I need. Why would I leave all that?" After a pause he added, “Anyway America is a broken country."

After the interview he sent us a message:

“Mexico is the best country, in the world. I just don’t want to live there”