Mexico announces major clampdown on its southern border, closed to those who try illegal entry

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Mexico announces major clampdown on its southern border, closed to those who try illegal entry
December 13, 2018 | Frieda Powers

It seems President Donald Trump’s refusal to allow migrants to illegally enter the U.S. has sparked a move by Mexico to close its own border.

But the government of incoming Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador isn’t focusing on the shared border with its American neighbor to the north. Instead, illegal entries at its southern border with Guatemala will be closed off by the government, Mexico’s top security official said Wednesday, according to The Washington Times.

Despite the thousands who crossed that southern border in migrant caravans in the last months – with many breaking through a border fence into Mexico in October – Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero noted that was “no longer an issue.”

Read more at: https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/12/13/mexico-announces-major-clampdown-on-its-southern-border-closed-to-those-who-try-illegal-entry-702536

In short, Mexico clamping down on the Guatemala border crossing.

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Mexico shows America "the way" on how to restrict illegal immigration.

It's like the man biting the dog !

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Am I a bad person because I feel schadenfreude?