Incoming Mexican government rejects US offer to fund deportations
Incoming Mexican government rejects US offer to fund deportations
The interior minister-elect of López Obrador government says no money has been put on the table
David Agren in Mexico City
@el_reportero
Fri 14 Sep 2018 01.18 EDT
Mexico’s incoming government has rejected a Trump administration proposal of funding to speed up and increase its detention and deportation of US-bound Central American migrants.
Thousands of migrants are detained by Mexico as they travel through the country to try to reach the US, but the interior minister-designate said on Thursday no offer had been made to help fund the process.
“That has not been put on the table in any way,” said Olga Sánchez Cordero, who is likely to take up responsibility for security in the administration of president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The outgoing government of Enrique Peña Nieto, however, issued a statement on Thursday night saying it “was continuing to evaluate the proposal” from the Trump administration.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/mexico-rejects-us-offer-of-funds-to-deport-central-american-migrants
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