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Mexico deploys 15,000 troops to US border
The Hill ^ | June 24, 2019 | Zach Budryk

Posted on 06/24/2019 3:49:26 PM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; borders; caravans; illegalaliens; mexicantroops; mexico; migrantfamilies; migrants; presidenttrump; trump; usborder
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1 posted on 06/24/2019 3:49:26 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

mexico..

Doing more to stop illegal immigration in to the united states than the GOPe and democrats..

MAGA


2 posted on 06/24/2019 3:51:47 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: jazusamo

Not sure what to make out of this.

It’s either real or fake as Trey Gowdy.

If real, Pelozi will complain. I haven’t heard complaining yet.


3 posted on 06/24/2019 3:52:02 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: jazusamo

Unreported by the Mainstream media is that Mexico has only 45 days to show a “Sizable” decrease in Illegal immigration, or the Tariffs go back on immediately. We are already about halfway through that period.


4 posted on 06/24/2019 3:52:15 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: jazusamo

Mexico actually doing things right for once..took 30 freakin years but its finally getting done


5 posted on 06/24/2019 3:54:13 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jazusamo

The troops may be there to help them get across the border undetected.


6 posted on 06/24/2019 3:56:49 PM PDT by trublu
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To: jazusamo; null and void; aragorn; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; ...

****

They will stay south of the border, yes? Yes?


7 posted on 06/24/2019 3:58:50 PM PDT by LucyT (https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall)
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To: LucyT

They had better. :^)


8 posted on 06/24/2019 3:59:52 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: GOPJ; Diana in Wisconsin; ColdOne; Art in Idaho; Conservative Gato; ptsal; onyx; Tucker39; ...

Off the Wall Ping!

Contact to be added.


9 posted on 06/24/2019 4:02:08 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

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.


10 posted on 06/24/2019 4:05:22 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

Well said Bump!


11 posted on 06/24/2019 4:08:37 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
Mexico’s defense minister said Monday that the nation has deployed nearly 15,000 troops to its northern border to increase border enforcement.

If this is true, Mexico has declared war on the drug cartels, and if that happens and they really apply pressure, they will have more than paid for the wall.

Can you imagine cutting the drug supply and human trafficking through Mexico by a significant amount?

The short and long term results would be more that any 700 miles of wall could produce in a year.

12 posted on 06/24/2019 4:08:43 PM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: cableguymn

THANK GOD!!!!


13 posted on 06/24/2019 4:09:06 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Stop the trains and put air-tight seals on the tractor/trailers. The problem would self-eliminate.


14 posted on 06/24/2019 4:09:27 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: jazusamo

Terrified of tariffs.


15 posted on 06/24/2019 4:09:37 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

I am sure Mexico has more flexibility with their military than our troops. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibited the National Guard from using force on the border to enforce our border laws. They are exempt from that law only if they are ordered by the governor of that state to perform law enforcement action. States with Democrat Governors, New Mexico and California refuse to allow their National Guard to enforce the the border. Other Democrat states refuse to send their National Guard to the border for enforcement. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would not be “complicit in this ongoing human tragedy,” and announced that New York would not deploy any members of the National Guard to the southern border.

Like President Trump said, Mexicans are doing what America can’t do.


16 posted on 06/24/2019 4:11:02 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: bigbob

One man can only do so much. You want more, faster? Elect better Senators and Representatives.
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Amen.

Flimsey Grahamnesty needs to be Cantorized before he can give away our country.


17 posted on 06/24/2019 4:11:47 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

It’s like Mexico sent a wall of 15,000 troops to the border and Mexico is paying for it.


18 posted on 06/24/2019 4:13:08 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: jazusamo

Depends what the troops do. If they change diapers, like our National Guard does, it doesn’t help much.


19 posted on 06/24/2019 4:14:09 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: All

HallelYah!


20 posted on 06/24/2019 4:15:23 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; USAgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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