Green Sprouts and Dark Clouds for North American Ties
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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US-Mexico Ties: Temperatures Rising
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreDetentions of Mexican Migrants Soar at US-Mexico Border
By MARK LORENZANA In a span of seven months, between October 2021 and May 2022, the arrests of Mexican migrants trying to cross into the United States soared 35.2 percent. There had been 560,579 arrests in that period, compared to 414,345 arrests from October 2020 to May 2021, according to U.S. government figures. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Read moreHaiti to Open Consulate Office near Guatemala Border
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Haitian government announced Friday, Nov. 19, that is will soon open a consulate office along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala to help manage the increased migration of its citizens in that area. The announcement comes after the number of undocumented Haitians crossing the U.S. border dropped in October and several new caravans of
Read moreMexican, US, Canadian Travel Restrictions Extended
XINHUA Despite the fact that numerous studies have clearly shown that border closings do little or nothing to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the United States, Canada and Mexico have once again extended non-essential travel restrictions across their borders through Feb. 21 due to covid-19. On Friday, Jan. 8, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “in
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO UN Approves AMLO’s Proposal Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposal to both the Group of 20 (G-20) and the United Nations to avoid financial speculation and promote access by all nations to medical covid-19 related instruments for treatment was approved by 179 UN member nations, Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced on Tuesday, April 21.
Read moreCoronavirus Alters Life at World’s Busiest Border
XINHUA Clamping down on nonessential travel across the Mexico-U.S. border due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed life in the Mexican town of Tijuana, home to the world’s busiest border crossings. The constant flow of people and cars through the immigration check points between Tijuana and its U.S. sister city, San Diego, California, dwindled by as much as 86
Read moreUSMCA, Mexican Energy Reform Still Uncertain
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMigrants Are Stressing the Border
By RICARDO CASTILLO The question of what to do with the thousands of Central American migrants passing through Mexico still remains unanswered. So far, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has opted to follow the same erratic policy begun by his predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto, only to see the flux of migrants grow exponentially. The point being now that
Read moreThree Real Emergencies the US Must Address on its Southern Border
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following article first appeared in the U.S. political website “The Hill” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) The negotiations in Washington over security at the U.S. southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the United States and Mexico: illegal drug trafficking
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