Tag: Mexico

A soldier stands guard at Talleres Graficos de Mexico, where election ballots are printed in Mexico City, Sunday, May 6, 2018.

Mexico adding 50K to National Guard to respond to ‘insecurity and violence,’ Mexican president says

Anna Giaritelli · January 2, 2019 6:52 pm

Impeachment is needed to preserve the nation, claims New York Times writer Thomas Friedman.

President: 2019 will be fantastic for those without ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

Josh Siegel · January 1, 2019 3:08 pm

A man holds his hands in the air in front of a line of Border Patrol agents during a protest.

Border agents pick up final paycheck as shutdown effects set in

Anna Giaritelli · January 1, 2019 5:00 am

Migrants cross the river at the Mexico-U.S. border after pushing past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, as they try to reach the U.S.

Surge of migrant families at border will continue in 2019, says former DHS official

Anna Giaritelli · December 28, 2018 6:07 pm

Evens Presendeaux of Haiti (center) speaks with coworkers on the floor of a factory in Tijuana, Mexico. Presendeaux is among about 4,000 Haitians to establish roots in Mexico's northwest corner after the United States abruptly closed its doors late last year. The Mexican government has welcomed them, and they are already having an outsize economic and cultural impact.

Mexico’s new minimum wage may not be enough for Democrats cool on trade deal

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2018 11:02 pm

"It's a policy dream come true to be able to make the arguments directly to the president of the United States, and if I lose, that's great. I'm not the president. He is. And I absolutely respect his final decision," says Mick Mulvaney. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mick Mulvaney: DHS can’t ‘spend money from Mexico’ for border wall

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 2:37 pm

DHS: Illegal immigrants will wait for court date in Mexico, not US

Kelly Cohen · December 20, 2018 4:09 pm

A Capital Gazette newspaper rack displays the day's front page, Friday, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists in the newspaper's building Thursday, killing several people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said.

US ranked one of the deadliest countries for journalists

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2018 8:49 pm

China's President Xi Jinping, left, and first lady Peng Liyuan wave from their plane as they arrive to Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. Xi Jinping is in Panama for his first trip since Panama cut ties with Taiwan in favor of resuming or establishing relations with China.

Beltway Confidential

Developing countries are learning to play on Washington’s fear of China

Erin Dunne · December 17, 2018 8:03 pm

Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas.

National Security

More than 2,000 border troops make it home for Christmas

Jamie McIntyre · December 17, 2018 6:47 pm

Beto O'Rourke speaks at an event.

Beto O’Rourke blames border wall for migrant deaths

Pete Kasperowicz · December 14, 2018 5:38 pm

Immigrants from Cuba and Guatemala seeking asylum in the United States wait on the Matamoros International Bridge above the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico.

Beltway Confidential

BuzzFeed report on asylum seekers: Why are there so many golf courses in the country?

Becket Adams · December 14, 2018 4:43 pm