Mexicans say U.S. border wall re-emerging as 'political issue' ahead of Trump re-election bid
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1429311
Mexicans say U.S. border wall re-emerging as 'political issue' ahead of Trump re-election bid
- Title: Mexicans say U.S. border wall re-emerging as 'political issue' ahead of Trump re-election bid
- Date: 30th August 2019
- Summary: ASCENCION, MEXICO (AUGUST 28, 2019) (REUTERS) WALL AT U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO VEHICLES SEEN THROUGH SLATS IN WALL SLATS IN WALL CONSTRUCTION TEAM ON U.S. SIDE OF WALL PROFILE OF WALL WALL WITH SCRUBBY VEGETATION IN FOREGROUND VARIOUS, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LINED UP NEAR BORDER VARIOUS, WALL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) PARTICIPANTS AT EVENT AT MEXICO'S COLLEGE OF CHIHUAHUA COLLEGE OF CHIHUAHUA LOGO PARTICIPANTS AT EVENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLLEGE OF CHIHUAHUA MIGRATION EXPERT, OSCAR ESPARZA, SAYING: "(The thing) is that they (U.S.) aren't building new walls, they're substituting the ones that that they already had with the budget that was approved to substitute the parts or segments of the wall that already exist. But, new ones, from what I know, they haven't built anything new. So, that's where they are following or selling an argument that has no base in truth, but maybe in electoral terms it may have certain benefits for him (U.S. President Donald Trump) in this election that is beginning and he is trying to get reelected next year." ASCENCION, MEXICO (AUGUST 28, 2019) (REUTERS) CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LINED UP NEAR BORDER CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLLEGE OF CHIHUAHUA MIGRATION EXPERT, RODOLFO RUBIO, SAYING: "Several weeks went by without him (Trump) touching on the issue and he began to talk about the elections, so he's taking the issue (border wall) back up again. So, many people think and believe that it is a political issue, it's to keep the issue alive, that people keep talking about it, discussing it, the people that don't understand the border will think it's going to stop (immigration), or even think that the (wall's) color can affect it, because they don't know this area or the reality."
- Embargoed: 13th September 2019 19:37
- Keywords: political elections U.S.A fence barrier border Mexico wall President Donald Trump
- Location: ASCENCION & CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
- City: ASCENCION & CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUEVLFR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Mexicans living near their country's northern border with the United States said a border wall under construction by the United States was a "political issue" and that much of what is under construction is merely replacing existing segments.
Oscar Esparza, a migration expert from the Colegio de Chihuaua in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday (August 29) said U.S. authorities, "aren't building new walls, they're substituting the ones that that they already had."
Another migration expert, Rodolfo Rubio, said, "many people think and believe that it is a political issue, it's to keep the issue alive, that people keep talking about it, discussing it, the people that don't understand the border will think it's going to stop (immigration)."
U.S. President Donald Trump has made stemming the flow of migrants across the southern border a centrepiece of his administration, likening the situation to a crisis and using that argument to justify his demand to build a wall along the frontier.
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