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Mexican senators demand President Pena Nieto stops cooperation with US over Trump's repeated attacks | |
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Mexican senators are calling on the nation’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto, to stop cooperating with the US after Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the country. | |
A non-binding statement demanding a suspension of joint efforts to fight against organised crime until Mr Trump treats Mexico with respect has been unanimously approved by senators in the country. | A non-binding statement demanding a suspension of joint efforts to fight against organised crime until Mr Trump treats Mexico with respect has been unanimously approved by senators in the country. |
The statement criticises Mr Trump for his “baseless and offensive comments about Mexico and Mexicans”. | |
It also strongly condemns Mr Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to the US southern border with Mexico, according to The Hill. | |
The National Guard will be permitted to support US Customs and Border Protection agents after Mr Trump warned of the danger of gangs and illegal immigration from Mexico. | The National Guard will be permitted to support US Customs and Border Protection agents after Mr Trump warned of the danger of gangs and illegal immigration from Mexico. |
“Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the US,” Mr Trump tweeted. | “Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the US,” Mr Trump tweeted. |
“They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!” | “They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!” |
The US leader has been escalating his rhetoric on immigration and border security, calling on Congress to change the US’s “very weak” border laws. | The US leader has been escalating his rhetoric on immigration and border security, calling on Congress to change the US’s “very weak” border laws. |
Mr Trump also said he wanted to send the military to guard the border “until we can have a wall and proper security”. |
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