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- Mexican senators have asked their government to consider ending security and immigration cooperation with the US.
- The call comes in response to Trump’s now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant families at the border.
- It is not the first time Mexican officials have made such a proposal.
Mexican legislators this week proposed ending cooperation with the US on immigration, counterterrorism, and fighting organized crime “as long as President Donald Trump does not act with the respect that migrants deserve.”
The proposal was made on Wednesday by the Mexican Congress’ Permanent Commission, which meets while Congress is in recess, and asks the executive branch to “consider the possibility of withdrawing from any bilateral cooperation scheme” with the US on those issues.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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