President-elect Donald Trump said that Mexico’s leader had agreed to “stop” migration in talks Wednesday, effectively closing the southern US border, in claims that went further than his counterpart’s account of a discussion about migration “strategy.”
“Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately,” Trump said on social media, hailing progress in ending what he called an “illegal invasion” which he has promised to tackle when he takes office in January.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum did not immediately respond to Trump’s remarks, which appeared to imply a major agreement between the United States and Mexico.
She had earlier shared brief details of the talks alongside a picture of her smiling during a phone call.
“We discussed Mexico’s strategy on the migration phenomenon and I shared that caravans are not arriving at the northern border because they are being taken care of in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said on …