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NYT pissed Trump’s Mexico deal is working
Posted on 6/24/19 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 6/24/19 at 1:56 pm
Certainly an encouraging start
NENTÓN, Guatemala — The Aguilar family had been preparing since February to migrate north. They borrowed $2,600, made a down payment to a smuggler and set off from their home in northern Guatemala last week.
But at Guatemala’s border with Mexico, their smuggler had some bad news: Crossing into Mexico was too risky. A June 7 deal between the Mexican authorities and the United States to reduce migration had brought extra security forces to the border.
So far, Mexico’s mobilization of its security forces has fallen short of the dramatic show of force that the government promised, with apparently only a fraction of the stipulated 6,000 National Guard members now operating in southern Mexico.
Still, the deployment has already disrupted the usual flow of people and commerce passing over this historically porous border, and sown fear among migrants and their smugglers alike.
“We don’t know anything, whether this is a definitive change, or just for some time,” said Juan Alberto Aguilar, 27, who was traveling with his wife and their 3-year-old daughter. The family sat dejectedly in the central square of Nentón, a village near the Guatemala-Mexico border, waiting for the van that would take them home.
The deployment plan is part of a deal between the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and the American government to thwart President Trump’s threats of potentially crippling tariffs.
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NENTÓN, Guatemala — The Aguilar family had been preparing since February to migrate north. They borrowed $2,600, made a down payment to a smuggler and set off from their home in northern Guatemala last week.
But at Guatemala’s border with Mexico, their smuggler had some bad news: Crossing into Mexico was too risky. A June 7 deal between the Mexican authorities and the United States to reduce migration had brought extra security forces to the border.
So far, Mexico’s mobilization of its security forces has fallen short of the dramatic show of force that the government promised, with apparently only a fraction of the stipulated 6,000 National Guard members now operating in southern Mexico.
Still, the deployment has already disrupted the usual flow of people and commerce passing over this historically porous border, and sown fear among migrants and their smugglers alike.
“We don’t know anything, whether this is a definitive change, or just for some time,” said Juan Alberto Aguilar, 27, who was traveling with his wife and their 3-year-old daughter. The family sat dejectedly in the central square of Nentón, a village near the Guatemala-Mexico border, waiting for the van that would take them home.
The deployment plan is part of a deal between the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and the American government to thwart President Trump’s threats of potentially crippling tariffs.
LINK
Posted on 6/24/19 at 1:59 pm to Lsujacket66
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NYT pissed Trump’s Mexico deal is thwarting the Democrats' future voting base
Posted on 6/24/19 at 2:21 pm to upgrayedd
I think I’ll give a year’s salary to this nice looking smuggler. What could go wrong?
Posted on 6/24/19 at 2:25 pm to Lsujacket66
I'm just not sure of the purpose of the article.
It seems to try to pull on the heartstrings to get people to support the breaking of our countries immigration laws. But that will fail on the majority of people.
Then it seems to be saying how mean trump is to force Mexico and other people to stop these illegal immigrants from coming north, by actually saying how the stopping of the illegals impacts the money making of the coyotes and other human smugglers, which is just baffling. It sounds like they are actually taking the side of the human smugglers.
Finally though it says it is working, it is going to fail because well they want it too fail. Do they not realize if Mexico doesn't stop this, the tariffs can be reinstated?
What this shows is Mexico knew all along how to stop this but turned a blind eye to it because it was making them money.
When threatened with the loss of more money than they were making this way, they suddenly decided to stop people from breaking laws.
It seems to try to pull on the heartstrings to get people to support the breaking of our countries immigration laws. But that will fail on the majority of people.
Then it seems to be saying how mean trump is to force Mexico and other people to stop these illegal immigrants from coming north, by actually saying how the stopping of the illegals impacts the money making of the coyotes and other human smugglers, which is just baffling. It sounds like they are actually taking the side of the human smugglers.
Finally though it says it is working, it is going to fail because well they want it too fail. Do they not realize if Mexico doesn't stop this, the tariffs can be reinstated?
What this shows is Mexico knew all along how to stop this but turned a blind eye to it because it was making them money.
When threatened with the loss of more money than they were making this way, they suddenly decided to stop people from breaking laws.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 2:28 pm to bluestem75
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I think I’ll give a year’s salary to this nice looking smuggler. What could go wrong?
Posted on 6/24/19 at 3:22 pm to Lsujacket66
Times pissed, HELL OF A GREAT SIGN! WINNING! Now if the WaPo and CNN and MSNBC and the DNC show anger it's party time.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 3:38 pm to Lsujacket66
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The Aguilar family had been preparing since February to migrate north.
Legally, right? Great if so.
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They borrowed $2,600, made a down payment to a smuggler
Oh ok. Nevermind. Making a premeditated choice to break a country's laws. Now your knowingly putting your 3 year old into harms way.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 4:03 pm to Lsujacket66
quote:Great news! It's working! Glad to see a positive news story among so much negativity and cynicism these days!
The family sat dejectedly in the central square of Nentón, a village near the Guatemala-Mexico border, waiting for the van that would take them home.
Posted on 6/24/19 at 4:10 pm to Lsujacket66
quote:Trump was right. Enemies of the people.
NYT pissed Trump’s Mexico deal is working
Posted on 6/24/19 at 4:26 pm to Lsujacket66
How long before the Mexican National Guard members start taking the bribe money from smugglers?
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