Re: EXPOSING: Government Lies, Covid Cover-Ups, and Fighting the Deep State w/ Senator Johnson

On 12/19/2024 12:23 PM, Bob F wrote:
> tRump told us Mexico would pay for his wall

Interestingly enough they did:

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/20/americas/mexico-border-wall-trump/index.html

Yes, US taxpayers have been footing the bill for efforts to build new 
physical barriers at the US-Mexico border.

But experts note that Mexico’s massive deployment of National Guard 
troops over the past few months has played a major role in blocking 
migrants from reaching the US border in the first place. It’s a point 
Trump himself has made at several recent events – a dramatic change in 
tone from his sharp criticisms of Mexico earlier this year.

“I would like to thank President López Obrador of Mexico for the great 
cooperation we are receiving, and for right now putting 27,000 troops on 
our southern border,” Trump told the United Nations General Assembly 
last month. “Mexico is showing us great respect, and I respect them in 
return.”

A few days later, Trump told reporters he was “using Mexico to protect 
our border” because Democrats weren’t doing enough to fix the 
immigration system.

And last week, acting US Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan 
praised Mexico on Twitter, sharing a news story about the October 12 
operation to turn back the latest caravan.

“Mexico’s enhanced border security efforts along their southern border 
continue to have a dramatic impact on this regional crisis,” he wrote. 
“I just returned from Mexico where we had collaborative discussions on 
stemming the flow of illegal migration throughout the region.”

Thousands of troops deployed
Asked to respond to claims that Mexico is effectively paying for the 
wall Trump wanted, foreign ministry spokesman Roberto Velasco told CNN 
that migration flows have notably decreased in recent months, and that 
efforts continue for a regional development plan to address the root 
causes of migration in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

“The number of migrants presented before Mexican authorities has 
decreased by 70% from June to September,” he said.

The decrease, he wrote in a recent letter to the editor published in 
Mexico’s El Universal newspaper, came as a result of Mexican legislative 
efforts and a push to strengthen the rule of law in southern Mexico.

As the Trump administration threatened to impose tariffs, Mexican 
officials in June agreed to step up their country’s immigration enforcement.

TOPSHOT - Mexican National Guard members prevent Central American 
migrants from crossing the Rio Bravo, in Ciudad Juarez, State of 
Chihuahua, on June 21, 2019. -

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suggested Friday he and US 
counterpart Donald Trump should hold their first meeting in September to 
review progress on the countries' recent migration deal.
López Obrador has said he had no choice but to negotiate.