Tag: wall border

Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:38 UTC
Mexican deportation of foreigners increased 33% in June; “great job”, says Trump

Mexico deported 33% more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials announced on Thursday, after the country agreed to take “unprecedented” steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:23 UTC
Trump yields and agrees to lift 35-day government shutdown...until 15 February

President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the US$5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats.
Friday, January 11th 2019 - 12:43 UTC
Trump campaigns for The Wall, steel or concrete, along the Mexican border

President Donald Trump warned of murderers and gangsters spreading across the country during a visit to the US-Mexican border on Thursday to push his demand for a multi-billion dollar wall. Trump used the backdrop of the Rio Grande border river at McAllen, Texas, to ramp up what has already turned into a hugely messy political fight with Democratic opponents, resulting in the shutdown of swaths of the US government.
Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:47 UTC
Tillerson praises 'enormous' value of Mexican immigration, but admits US needs 'good discipline'

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Mexico on Friday that immigrants bring “enormous value” to the U.S., but added the U.S. government lacks “good discipline” in regulating who enters the country to live. After meeting in Mexico City with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Tillerson told reporters the U.S. has put “many mechanisms in place” over the years to control immigration, but has “never gone back to clean this up.”c
Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 21:53 UTC
Trump presses: Bipartisan efforts stalled in Bargain on Immigration

After the night of Trump’s State of Union address, bipartisan clashes continue since President Donald Trump turned on the pressure on Democrats on Thursday to come to an agreement on protection for the undocumented immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:23 UTC
White House considering a 20% tax on all imports to United States

With the conflict with Mexico escalating the White House on Thursday appeared to endorse a 20% tax on all imports to the United States, only to insist a few hours later that it was not endorsing the plan.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 19:49 UTC
Mexican wall and migration dispute escalates: Peña Nieto cancels White House visit

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border and insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico, which has strongly objected.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:45 UTC
California voters support undocumented immigrants as “advantageous”

California voters have an overall positive opinion about immigrants and support those undocumented aliens who have been working in the state for years should be able to remain and go on with their lives.