President-elect Donald Trump announced a major breakthrough on border talks, claiming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to stop illegal migration into the U.S. ‘effective immediately.’
The huge shift in policy would help the U.S. stem the flow of historic levels of illegal immigration through the border the two countries share – the number one political issue Trump vowed to address on the campaign trail.
‘Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately,’ the president-elect posted on Truth Social. ‘This will go a long way toward stopping the illegal invasion of the USA. Thank you!’
In another post, Trump writes more about the agreements the two made.
‘Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,’ the Republican posted.
‘She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.’
‘We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. consumption of these drugs. It was a very productive conversation!’
Sheinbaum confirmed that she would be immediately addressing migration, including a caravan of migrants that was headed for the U.S.
‘I had an excellent conversation with President Donald Trump,’ she posted on X.
‘We addressed Mexico’s strategy regarding the migration phenomenon, and I shared that caravans are no longer reaching the northern border as they are being addressed within Mexico.’
Tuve una excelente conversación con el presidente Donald Trump. Abordamos la estrategia mexicana sobre el fenómeno de la migración y compartí que no están llegando caravanas a la frontera norte porque son atendidas en México.
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— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) November 27, 2024
Should the Mexican president do as Trump say and shut the border down, the massive yearly inflows of migrants from Mexico, which come from countries across the globe to cross there, should decrease dramatically.
Since FY 2021 there have been nearly 11 million migrants encounters, meaning those who crossed illegally, according to federal data.
In a separate post, Trump also announced a new endeavor aimed at cracking down on the 100,000+ fentanyl overdose deaths that have occurred in the U.S. in the past four years.
‘I will be working on a large scale United States Advertising Campaign, explaining how bad Fentanyl is for people to use – Millions of lives being so needlessly destroyed,’ another post said.
‘By the time the Campaign is over, everyone will know how really bad the horror of this Drug is.’
Sheinbaum’s agreement with Trump comes just days after the president-elect took to social media to threaten her country with a 25 percent tariff should immigration issues not be addressed.
The Mexican president responded to Trump’s threat at her daily press conference in Mexico City on Tuesday where she read from a letter she plans to send to the president-elect.
‘One tariff will be followed by another in response, and so on until we put common companies at risk,’ Sheinbaum said.
She even called out specific American companies that could be threatened by Trump’s plan.
‘The main exporters from Mexico to the U.S. are General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, which arrived 80 years ago. Why put in place a tariff that puts them in risk?’ she asked.
But on Wednesday evening she called the conversation between her and the Republican ‘wonderful’ and ‘productive.’
