{"id":2161195,"date":"2024-01-28T05:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T10:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-increasingly-concerned-that-theyre-getting-invaded-by-worlds-immigrants-mccaul\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T05:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T10:20:08","slug":"mexico-increasingly-concerned-that-theyre-getting-invaded-by-worlds-immigrants-mccaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-increasingly-concerned-that-theyre-getting-invaded-by-worlds-immigrants-mccaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico is growing more worried about being invaded by immigrants worldwide, according to McCaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexico-increasingly-concerned-that-theyre-getting-invaded-by-worlds-immigrants-mccaul%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2161195&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Mexican Government Views \u200dImmigration Crisis as an Invasion, Says U.S. Lawmaker<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u2062Mexican government views \u200dthe crisis affecting its border with \u2063the United States as\u2062 an\u2063 invasion of \u200dits own southern boundary, according to a senior U.S. \u200clawmaker.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) \u2062led a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-organizing-bipartisan-delegation-to-china-japan-and-south-korea\/\" title=\"Schumer arranging bipartisan trip to China, Japan, and South Korea.\">bipartisan congressional\u200d delegation<\/a> to Mexico City \u2064this week and told the Washington Examiner that Mexican President Andres Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador had shared a growing frustration with how the immigration crisis was affecting his country.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul said it was the first time he heard Mexico say, \u201cWe know it\u2019s a problem for you \u2063all, but it\u2019s our problem, too, and we want to work together with you on \u2062this.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Short-Term and Long-Term Solutions<\/h3>\n<p>McCaul described a \u201clengthy\u201d and\u2064 \u201cproductive\u201d\u200d meeting with AMLO, as well\u200b as top Mexican officials, about the immigration and\u200d fentanyl problems\u2064 that both countries shared. But McCaul said the \u200csurprise was learning\u2064 that\u200d both countries were on board in support of two particular short-term\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-warns-china-is-advancing-military-power-sharing-propaganda\/\" title=\"U.S. Intel warns China is advancing military power, sharing propaganda\">long-term solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mexico recently\u2064 began flying Venezuelan immigrants back to \u200cVenezuela and has allowed the United \u2063States to fly Venezuelan immigrants to Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>A Republican House Foreign Affairs aide\u2064 who attended the Mexico City meetings said\u200d Mexican officials were \u201cvery keen\u201d\u2062 about touting their work removing\u2062 Venezuelans and\u2064 McCaul would speak with lawmakers about how to help Mexico do more deportation flights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThat would provide a major deterrence in the short term,\u201d McCaul said. \u201cThey \u200bcurrently\u200b have some military down there that they would allow\u2063 us to assist them with that \u200ceffort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaul said officials he spoke with said it \u2064was a factor in why arrests by Mexican authorities were halved over the past month, though Mexico has not disclosed\u2063 those numbers\u200d publicly\u2064 and a request for comment to \u200cthe Mexican government was not \u200dreturned.<\/p>\n<p>The House committee aide said the\u2063 Mexican government was very quick to respond\u200c to the U.S. government\u2019s demands to do more \u200dto deter\u2063 and prevent immigrants from traveling to the U.S. after the Biden administration shut down ports of\u200d entry in\u200c Texas, Arizona, and California in December.<\/p>\n<h3>Infrastructure Project and Fentanyl Epidemic<\/h3>\n<p>Mexico is underway with a major infrastructure project along its southern border with Guatemala, installing \u200ba railroad line from east to\u2063 west.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[AMLO] is putting \u2064his military down \u2064there for the \u2064security piece, so we\u200c opened up the\u200c idea of \u2062providing security \u200bat that border \u2063as an \u200bentryway for the migrants, \u2062in addition, like a \u200bprocessing center, through which all the migrants would have to go through,\u201d McCaul\u2062 said. \u201cThey would be detained pending the\u2062 adjudication \u200bof [asylum claims]. Those who don\u2019t have political asylum get removed, and those that do would be detained\u200b there \u200bso \u2062that they \u2062don\u2019t get into the United \u2064States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, McCaul said he met with the country\u2019s top official handling Mexico\u2019s response to\u2062 the fentanyl epidemic at the Mexican navy and shared that overdose deaths \u200bfrom the drug have taken more \u2063than 200,000 American lives \u2063over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese entities produce precursor ingredients\u200c and tools needed to make the \u2064pills and powder. The items are imported by Mexican \u200ccartels, then manufactured and moved north over the border and into \u200bthe U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fentanyl\u200d thing is extremely complicated,\u201d McCaul said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to deal with this\u200c problem until I think the technology is perfected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaul was optimistic about\u2064 a $40\u2063 billion Mexican project to come up with a technological solution to \u200dstop fentanyl from being unloaded from ships at ports into the country, as well as being caught by \u2064U.S. customs officers at the land ports \u200cof entry, but said the technology needed to find fentanyl in large loads was still years off from becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p>As far \u200das a House-Senate agreement on border and \u200bimmigration language to \u200cinclude in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-blocks-covid-funding-over-fight-to-keep-trump-era-immigration-rules\/\" title=\"Senate GOP Blocks COVID Funding Over Fight To Keep Trump-Era Immigration Rules\">supplemental funding bill<\/a> for Ukraine and Israel, McCaul said he believed that House Republicans should \u201cstill move forward on the things we can\u2062 get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe border problem\u2019s not going away, and certainly\u200c it\u2019s going to be worse a\u2064 year from now if we don\u2019t do anything. And so I think some would argue that we, \u2064they\u2019d rather have this as an election issue and not give the Democrats any victories,\u201d McCaul said. \u201cBut from a humanitarian or human tragedy issue \u2026\u200d I don\u2019t\u2064 think we can wait until \u2063the next election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What short-term solutions have Mexico and the United\u2064 States implemented to \u200baddress the\u2063 immigration crisis?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Xtra measure,\u201d McCaul\u2062 said.\u2064 He \u200dadded\u2062 that \u200bthe \u2063Mexican government\u200d was committed to addressing the fentanyl epidemic, which has been devastating\u2062 both countries.<\/p>\n<p>The United States continues to face an immigration\u200b crisis, with a significant number \u200bof individuals attempting to enter the country\u2063 illegally. This influx of immigrants has put a strain on \u200bborder security and immigration systems. However, the perspective of the Mexican government regarding this crisis has recently shifted. \u200dAccording \u2063to House Foreign \u200bAffairs Chairman Michael McCaul,\u200d Mexican President Andres Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador \u200dnow \u200bviews the situation as an invasion of Mexico&#8217;s own southern \u2064boundary.<\/p>\n<p>During a bipartisan congressional delegation to Mexico City \u2064led\u200c by McCaul, it was revealed that the Mexican government\u200d is \u200dincreasingly frustrated with the immigration\u200b crisis and its\u200b impact on the \u2064country.\u200b McCaul\u200d mentioned that it was the\u200c first time he\u2062 had heard Mexico state that it is not just a problem for the United \u200bStates, but also an issue \u200bthey want to address collaboratively. This change\u2062 in perspective signifies a potential shift in the approach Mexico will take to\u200b tackle the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul described the meeting \u200bwith \u2063Mexican officials, including President \u200dL\u00f3pez Obrador, as &#8220;lengthy&#8221; and\u2063 &#8220;productive.&#8221; Both countries \u200cexpressed their commitment to finding short-term \u200dand long-term solutions\u2063 to \u2063the immigration and \u2064fentanyl problems they both face. One of the short-term solutions being implemented is the repatriation of Venezuelan immigrants. Mexico\u2063 has begun flying\u2063 Venezuelan immigrants back\u2063 to Venezuela, and they have also allowed the United States to fly Venezuelan immigrants to Mexico. This joint effort aims to deter individuals \u2064from attempting illegal entry into\u2062 the \u2062United States \u2064and provide relief to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Mexican government has shown enthusiasm in addressing the fentanyl epidemic, which has\u2064 been a significant \u200cconcern for both countries. McCaul highlighted that \u2063Mexico has \u200ctaken steps to decrease the number of arrests by \u2064Mexican authorities in\u200d the past month, although specific figures \u2062have not been publicly \u200ddisclosed. He suggested that assisting the \u2062Mexican military stationed at the southern border with\u2062 providing security\u200d could further enhance their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico \u2062is \u2064also undertaking an\u200c infrastructure \u200bproject along its southern border with \u2062Guatemala. The country is installing a railway line from east to west to improve transportation\u200b and\u2062 security\u200d in the region. This initiative aims to provide additional support and help address the underlying issues contributing to the immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 United States has closed several ports of entry in Texas, Arizona, and California, prompting\u200b Mexico to respond\u2063 swiftly to the\u200b demands\u2064 of\u2064 the U.S. \u200bgovernment to deter and prevent immigrants from traveling to the United \u200cStates. The \u200cMexican government&#8217;s quick response indicates their willingness to cooperate and find a solution to the immigration\u2063 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The shared commitment \u2062between the United States and Mexico to address the immigration crisis and the fentanyl epidemic is a \u2064promising \u2063step towards resolving these pressing issues. By working together and adopting a collaborative approach, both countries can find effective long-term solutions and\u2063 alleviate the burden placed on\u2063 their respective border security and \u200cimmigration systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican government sees the US border crisis as an invasion of its southern boundary, per US lawmaker Michael McCaul. 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