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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3328115" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>From NBC:</p><p>Donald Trump has actually kept the main promise of his 2016 campaign, because Mexico is paying for a "border wall." The only thing is that it’s not a physical wall and it’s not on the southwest border: It’s a wall of Mexican National Guard members on the border between Mexico and Guatemala, working to keep Trump's promises to the American people in the name of Mexican national security... and capitulation to their northern neighbor.</p><p></p><p>That wall was put to the test <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/over-2-000-central-american-migrants-try-enter-mexico-n1118421" target="_blank">after thousands of Honduran migrants</a> arrived at a bridge connecting southern Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.latinorebels.com/2020/01/20/migrantsmexicantroops/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhwrAZxO$" target="_blank">clashing</a> with Mexico's National Guard after Mexican authorities shut down the bridge and attempted to stop the migrants from making unauthorized entry elsewhere in the border region by promising those that registered for asylum in Mexico that they could obtain jobs there.</p><p></p><p>“I prefer love and peace,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexican-president-wants-to-bring-order-to-central-american-migration-to-u-s-idUSKCN1RD2IT__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhbkeU0_$" target="_blank">said in 2019</a>, in response to Trump's then-threats to close the U.S.-Mexico border unless Mexico acted aggressively on immigration enforcement. That “peace and love” turns out to look a lot like appeasing Trump, rather than providing assistance to people fleeing systemic poverty and violence from the neighbors to the south.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Mexico, of course, already has a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mx.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/the-merida-initiative/five-key-points-to-understanding-the-merida-initiative/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhdojiOx$" target="_blank">history</a> of cooperating with the United States on immigration enforcement, but it appears they have doubled down on it with Trump. It cannot be a coincidence that we are seeing images of Mexicans confronting migrants on its southern border only a week after <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-new-north-american-trade-deal-trump-priority-n1117191" target="_blank">the Congress passed</a> the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to replace NAFTA. It seems that, when trade is involved, López Obrabor will choose the economy first — even though he won the presidency two years ago on a leftist, populist and essentially anti-Trump platform.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-did-get-mexico-build-wall-its-troops-its-own-ncna1119466" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-did-get-mexico-build-wall-its-troops-its-own-ncna1119466</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3328115, member: 5412"] From NBC: Donald Trump has actually kept the main promise of his 2016 campaign, because Mexico is paying for a "border wall." The only thing is that it’s not a physical wall and it’s not on the southwest border: It’s a wall of Mexican National Guard members on the border between Mexico and Guatemala, working to keep Trump's promises to the American people in the name of Mexican national security... and capitulation to their northern neighbor. That wall was put to the test [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/over-2-000-central-american-migrants-try-enter-mexico-n1118421']after thousands of Honduran migrants[/URL] arrived at a bridge connecting southern Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday, [URL='https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.latinorebels.com/2020/01/20/migrantsmexicantroops/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhwrAZxO$']clashing[/URL] with Mexico's National Guard after Mexican authorities shut down the bridge and attempted to stop the migrants from making unauthorized entry elsewhere in the border region by promising those that registered for asylum in Mexico that they could obtain jobs there. “I prefer love and peace,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador [URL='https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexican-president-wants-to-bring-order-to-central-american-migration-to-u-s-idUSKCN1RD2IT__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhbkeU0_$']said in 2019[/URL], in response to Trump's then-threats to close the U.S.-Mexico border unless Mexico acted aggressively on immigration enforcement. That “peace and love” turns out to look a lot like appeasing Trump, rather than providing assistance to people fleeing systemic poverty and violence from the neighbors to the south. Mexico, of course, already has a [URL='https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mx.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/the-merida-initiative/five-key-points-to-understanding-the-merida-initiative/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!_ecETLKJm9xCz_PqXN1WjmTKxY8NN14ODRH0iI8cCq7fEJBVQcWTcp-h3gEoGhdojiOx$']history[/URL] of cooperating with the United States on immigration enforcement, but it appears they have doubled down on it with Trump. It cannot be a coincidence that we are seeing images of Mexicans confronting migrants on its southern border only a week after [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-new-north-american-trade-deal-trump-priority-n1117191']the Congress passed[/URL] the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to replace NAFTA. It seems that, when trade is involved, López Obrabor will choose the economy first — even though he won the presidency two years ago on a leftist, populist and essentially anti-Trump platform. [URL]https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-did-get-mexico-build-wall-its-troops-its-own-ncna1119466[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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