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Mexican Senate slams Trump's bid to militarize border

Xinhua,April 05, 2018 Adjust font size:

MEXICO CITY, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican Senate on Wednesday "categorically" rejected a U.S. initiative to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border to thwart undocumented migrants.

The response came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree to immediately deploy the National Guard to patrol the 3,200-km border the two countries share.

Deploying army troops or the National Guard in the region would be "yet another wrong" against the Mexican community, Mexican lawmakers said in a letter addressed to their Interior Ministry.

The letter, signed by Senate President Ernesto Cordero, called on the Mexican government to suspend bilateral cooperation in immigration matters and the fight against organized crime until "Trump behaves with civility and shows respect to Mexico."

Trump has stepped up his anti-immigration rhetoric recently. He told reporters on Tuesday, "Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military." Enditem

 

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