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Mexico sends mixed signals on plan to host US asylum-seekers, as Trump doubles down
ABC Newe ^ | November 24, 2018 | CHRIS FRANCESCANI and MERIDITH MCGRAW

Posted on 11/24/2018 5:42:20 PM PST by be-baw

After the White House declined on Saturday to deny a new report saying that President Donald Trump’s administration had reached a deal with Mexico that would require asylum-seeking migrants to wait there while their claims are decided by U.S. courts, Mexican officials denied it themselves.

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Still, it remained unclear into Saturday night where exactly leaders of the two neighboring countries stand on the idea.

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Asked about the prospective plan on Saturday afternoon, a White House spokesperson did not deny it.

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(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hondurascaravan; mexico

1 posted on 11/24/2018 5:42:20 PM PST by be-baw
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To: be-baw

Trump says a deal is a deal.

If Mexico changes its mind, we close the border.


2 posted on 11/24/2018 5:43:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory O f A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: be-baw

If Mexico doesn’t want these folks, they’re going to have to throw them out, and build their own southern wall.

We don’t want them either, and they’re the ones who let them in. Not our problem.

It’s about time Mexico got a taste of their own medicine.


3 posted on 11/24/2018 5:52:48 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: PrairieLady2

We could actually save a lot of money if Mexico contracted building and protecting the wall to the US. Even further, we could pay for and police a Mexican southern wall and still save a lot of money.


4 posted on 11/24/2018 5:58:37 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

5 posted on 11/24/2018 6:08:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: goldstategop

Would this count as Mexico paying for it?


6 posted on 11/24/2018 6:21:51 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: be-baw

It’s not a request.

Toe to toe with the Mexicans is not a real contest.

“Halls of Montezuma”. And all that.


7 posted on 11/24/2018 6:42:03 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: be-baw

Doesn’t matter what the Mexican gov’t does or says...They have two choices...House the invaders or send them home...They’re as far North as they’re going to get...


8 posted on 11/24/2018 8:36:55 PM PST by Iscool
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