Trump’s Mexico back-and-forth glosses over what was already being done

Published November 28, 2024 10:20am ET



President-elect Donald Trump‘s declaration on Wednesday that Mexico had agreed to “stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border” ignores Mexico’s previously enacted policies that led to a 75% decrease in “encounters” at the southern border.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s claim of success in handling the southern border also suggested that Mexico has been working to stem illegal immigration into the U.S.

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