MEXICO CITY – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged during a meeting Sunday that Mexico has made significant progress on migration enforcement, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said. “Mexico is one of our most important partners to increase prosperity and security for our countries and the region,” he wrote. The Mexican Senate approved the deal in June, but Democratic legislators in the U.S. have threatened to block it. Mexican officials say they have increased migration enforcement along the southern and northern borders, while deporting hundreds of Central Americans each week by plane. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that the money is Mexican and that he will seek its return to the country, through court action if necessary.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2019 22:41 UTC