By Timothy Meads |
Townhall.com
Source: (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
As Cortney covered last night, President Donald J. Trump
announced a last-minute deal with Mexico to crack down on illegal immigration
flowing through their country into the United States, thus avoiding five
percent tariffs on Mexican imports as the president previous threatened if the
"humanitarian crisis" was not dealt with by the Mexican government.
As part of that deal, President Trump announced via Twitter today that Mexico
will indeed send six thousand troops to its southern border to deter illegal
aliens.
In his tweet, the president quoted Brandon
Judd of the National Border Patrol Council, who said that the agreement was
"going to be a huge deal because Mexico will be using their strong
Immigration Laws - A game changer."
"People no longer will be released into
the U.S.," Judd added. The president then explained, there will now be
"6000 Mexican Troops at their Southern Border. Currently there are
few!"
While the joint agreement released by the United States and
Mexico last night was sparse on details, the statement noted that "Mexico
will take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular
migration, to include the deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico,
giving priority to its southern border."
It also said that due to "the dramatic
increase in migrants moving from Central America through Mexico to the United
States, both countries recognize the vital importance of rapidly resolving the
humanitarian emergency and security situation."
The two countries also agreed to "commit
to strengthen bilateral cooperation, including information sharing and
coordinated actions to better protect and secure our common border."
Earlier this week, Mexico voluntarily agreed
to send six thousand troops to its southern border, but the Trump
administration insisted that was not enough and required more commitments from
the country as seen in the Friday night deal to avoid the looming tariffs.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and other
senior U.S. officials on Wednesday.
Since then, Mexico has made new efforts to secure its
southern border with Guatemala. The Mexican military has been deployed and
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“Our position hasn’t changed,” White House Press
Secretary Sarah Sanders said onboard Air Force One Friday. “Tariffs are going
to take effect on Monday.”
"The meetings have gone well but as of now we’re still on track for
tariffs on Monday,” she continued.
President Trump returned to Washington D.C. Friday night
after a five-day trip overseas.
