Mexico Politics

Economy

Trump Hitting Mexico With 5% Tariff In Response To Migrants

The Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he is slapping a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.
Border & Immigration

Number Of Asylum Seekers At Border Higher Than Previous Estimates, New Research Says

Shalina Chatlani

The number of asylum seekers waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border is nearly 5,000 more than estimates reported just weeks ago.
KPBS Midday Edition

Border Patrol Flies Migrants From Texas To San Diego

The Associated Press

The U.S. Border Patrol said Friday that it would fly hundreds of migrant families from south Texas to San Diego for processing and that it was considering flights to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York.
Military

Courts Weigh Trump's Plan To Tap Pentagon For Border Wall

The Associated Press

President Donald Trump is moving fast to spend billions of dollars to build a wall on the Mexican border with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, but he first must get past the courts.
Public Safety

TSA Agents Being Asked To Support Operations At US-Mexico Border

Matt Hoffman

To help address the flow of migrants at the U.S. Mexico border the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is tapping it’s partner agencies — including the TSA.
Border & Immigration

Border Wall To Go Up In National Monument, Wildlife Refuge

The Associated Press

The U.S. government plans on replacing barriers through 100 miles (161 kilometers) of the southern border in California and Arizona, including through a national monument and a wildlife refuge, according to documents and environmental advocates.
Border & Immigration

Migrants At Southern Border Top 100K For 2nd Month In A Row

The Associated Press

The number of migrants apprehended at the Southern border topped 100,000 for the second month in a row as the Trump administration manages an ever-increasing number of Central American families streaming to the U.S. that hardline policies have failed to stem.
Border & Immigration

University Of San Diego: Mexico's Violence Isn't Just About Drugs

Jean Guerrero

A new University of San Diego report shows that Mexico’s bloodshed is fed by many different criminal enterprises.
Environment

Group Of Senators, Congress Members Call For End To Tijuana River Pollution

City News Service

A group of Democratic senators and San Diego County-based congressional representatives sent a letter to multiple federal agencies Tuesday to urge them to address sewage runoff in the Tijuana River, which then flows into the Pacific Ocean.
KPBS Midday Edition

Mexico's American Gun Problem

Jean Guerrero

As President Trump wants to fight drugs and migrants pouring into the U.S., Mexico is reeling from bloodshed fueled by American guns, bullets and grenades pouring into Mexico.