Mexico deploys 15,000 troops to US border

The Hill ^ | June 24, 2019 | Zach Budryk

[jazusamo]

Mexico’s defense minister said Monday that the nation has deployed nearly 15,000 troops to its northern border to increase border enforcement, part of a deal to avert U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"We have a total deployment, between the National Guard and army units, of 14,000, almost 15,000 men in the north of the country," Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said at a Monday joint press conference with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Mexico had previously announced its plans to deploy 6,000 national guardsmen to its southern border with Guatemala, but its plans to beef up security on its border with the U.S. had not previously been disclosed, according to the news service.

Sandoval confirmed the Mexican forces were detaining migrants attempting to cross the border, according to AFP.

"Given that (undocumented) migration is not a crime but rather an administrative violation, we simply detain them and turn them over to the authorities” at Mexico’s National Migration Institute, Sandoval said.

Mexican security forces have not historically detained migrants at the northern border, and the government has been subject to increased criticism following a photograph last week depicting heavily armed national guardsmen stopping women and a child from crossing the Rio Grande, according to AFP.

President Trump had threatened to hit Mexico with tariffs if the country did not take steps to secure the border. Under the agreement between Mexico and the U.S., Mexico has 45 days to demonstrate increased border enforcement.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It’s a start! MAGA via Mexico!

Man, I LOVE this President. Some days, beyond all reason. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Before the “it’s not enough!” morons get here, let’s just note that this is the result of ONE MAN, President Trump. No Republican in Congress stood by him and said this was a good strategy and he was proud to support it because it would work. One man can only do so much. You want more, faster? Elect better Senators and Representatives.

AMEN, BIGBOB! AMEN!

[Elsie]

Uh; I think the focus should be their SOUTHERN border!

That’s where a huge percentage of the illegals are coming from!

[Elsie]

Yes.

Trust but verify.

[KTM rider]

Wow this is amazing....funny I didn’t hear about it on the “news” .....only that Pelosi “beat Trump into submission over the extradition decree

[eartick]

Expect to see more military defectors crossing into our country.

[SanchoP]

Race is a political tool/weapon to be used on the sheeple. In reality the issue only comes up in conversations with persons of questionable character.