Mexico fires back at US’s threat of border shutdown
(VOVWORLD) - Mexico does not act on the basis of threats and is a great neighbor of the US, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter on Friday in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to close the US border with Mexico next week if it does not stop immigrants from reaching the US.
 Wehicles queued to cross the Cordova-Americas international border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 29, 2019. (Photo: Reuters) |
President Trump tweeted earlier that Mexico was doing "nothing" to stop the flow of migrants across its border and the US will be closing all or large sections of the border next week. He threatened that the shutdown will last for months.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that tackling illegal immigration is a problem chiefly for the US and the Central American countries. He added that Mexico respects President Trump’s position and is going to help.