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| Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border | Trump orders wall to be built on Mexico border |
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| President Donald Trump has issued an executive order for a wall to be built along the southern US border with Mexico. | President Donald Trump has issued an executive order for a wall to be built along the southern US border with Mexico. |
| He also signed an action to strip funds from US cities that are sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants. | He also signed an action to strip funds from US cities that are sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants. |
| Mr Trump said in a TV interview that Mexico would "absolutely, 100%" reimburse the US for his wall. | Mr Trump said in a TV interview that Mexico would "absolutely, 100%" reimburse the US for his wall. |
| Building a 2,000-mile barrier along the Mexican border was one of his key pledges in the election campaign. | |
| "We've been talking about this right from the beginning," he said as he signed the actions during a ceremony at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday. | "We've been talking about this right from the beginning," he said as he signed the actions during a ceremony at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday. |
| Mexicans see wall as racist - Will Grant, BBC News, Mexico City | Mexicans see wall as racist - Will Grant, BBC News, Mexico City |
| Mexicans might disagree about a lot - especially on the political and economic direction of the country. | Mexicans might disagree about a lot - especially on the political and economic direction of the country. |
| But if there is one thing around which almost all of Mexico can coalesce, it is their profound opposition to the US border wall. | But if there is one thing around which almost all of Mexico can coalesce, it is their profound opposition to the US border wall. |
| From the Mexican side of the border, it is seen as a policy which is intended to break up families and prevent ordinary people from looking for seasonal work in the north - the kinds of jobs, they note, which prop up the US economy. | From the Mexican side of the border, it is seen as a policy which is intended to break up families and prevent ordinary people from looking for seasonal work in the north - the kinds of jobs, they note, which prop up the US economy. |
| Others go further, and consider the entire border wall to be a racist and xenophobic policy. | Others go further, and consider the entire border wall to be a racist and xenophobic policy. |
| Either way, Mexicans from the president's office to the factory floor agree that the country will not pay for a wall they don't want and didn't call for. | Either way, Mexicans from the president's office to the factory floor agree that the country will not pay for a wall they don't want and didn't call for. |
| They say they won't finance the project either at the time of building or in the future. | They say they won't finance the project either at the time of building or in the future. |
| That's not to say some Mexicans aren't in favour of change in terms of bilateral immigration. | That's not to say some Mexicans aren't in favour of change in terms of bilateral immigration. |
| Many are aware of the risks that their countrymen take by crossing illegally into the US, especially through dangerous border regions such as the Arizona desert. | Many are aware of the risks that their countrymen take by crossing illegally into the US, especially through dangerous border regions such as the Arizona desert. |
| Rather than a wall with their neighbour to the north though, they want to see comprehensive immigration reform including guest worker programmes and temporary work visas. | Rather than a wall with their neighbour to the north though, they want to see comprehensive immigration reform including guest worker programmes and temporary work visas. |
| The executive orders are among several expected on immigration and border security this week. | The executive orders are among several expected on immigration and border security this week. |
| He is next expected to announce immigration restrictions from seven African and Middle Eastern countries, including Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. | |
| Mr Trump is also likely to halt access to the country for some refugees - until the vetting process can be made more rigorous. | |
| Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Trump told ABC News that he would recoup costs of the wall - for which the US Congress would need to approve funding - from Mexico. | |
| "We're going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon. And we will be - in a form - reimbursed by Mexico," Mr Trump said. | "We're going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon. And we will be - in a form - reimbursed by Mexico," Mr Trump said. |
| "I'm just telling you that there will be a payment. It will be in a form - perhaps a complicated form." | "I'm just telling you that there will be a payment. It will be in a form - perhaps a complicated form." |
| "It's also going to be good for Mexico", he added. | "It's also going to be good for Mexico", he added. |
| Mr Trump has previously estimated the wall would cost $8bn (£6.4bn), but critics have suggested it could be nearly double that sum. | |
| He is due to meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the end of the month. | |
| Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Trump also promised a "major investigation into voter fraud". | |
| He tweeted that the inquiry would focus on illegal votes in two unspecified states and dead registered voters. | |
| He has claimed that between three and five million illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton, but has offered no evidence. |