- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration in 2019.
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: Amid pressure from Washington, Mexico is back-pedalling on promises of better treatment for Central American migrants, leaving hundreds stranded in unsanitary camps near its southern border and allegations of irregular detentions. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised more humane treatment for Central American migrants when he took office in December. His left-leaning government issued thousands of year-long humanitarian visas in January, giving migrants legal access to jobs and the right to travel to the United States. However, caught off guard by a surge in arrivals, Lopez Obrador's administration is resorting to old tactics based on tough law enforcement. MAPASTEPEC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO (FILE) (REUTERS) POLICE STANDING AT GATE WHERE MIGRANTS ARE GATHERED MIGRANTS GATHERED IN MAKESHIFT SHELTER, U.S. FLAG WAVING NEARBY VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS GATHERED AT MAKESHIFT SHELTER BABY LYING ON THE GROUND AND DRINKING FROM BOTTLE FAMILIES AT MIGRANT SHELTER MOTHER WITH HER CHILDREN CHILDREN'S FEET VARIOUS OF FATHER AND SON BATHING WITH HOSE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, MIGUEL SANCHEZ, SAYING: "We've come peacefully and he (President Donald Trump) needs to accept that. He wants to have here sick children, children with dengue, many children dying from hunger, people here with no money to eat." Dozens of activists took part in a protest to demand justice for the death of migrant children, outside the U.S. Border Patrol custody in El Paso on Saturday (May 25). Holding up a huge banner that read: "Stop killing kids!" and chanting: "No more deaths," protesters - led by Border Network for Human Rights - said President Donald Trump's policies were to be blamed for the death of six migrant children. Activists also decried what they called "the inhumanity of the Trump administration." In May, a boy was the fifth Guatemalan minor since December to die after being apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Four of them died while in U.S. custody. A fifth child, who crossed the border with his mother in April, died this month after weeks in the hospital, but had already been released from U.S. custody at the time of his death. EL PASO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 25, 2019) (REUTERS) BANNER THAT READS (English): "STOP KILLING FAMILIES" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN PROTEST PROTESTERS CHANTING (Spanish) "NO MORE DEATHS!" PROTESTERS HOLDING UP BANNER THAT READS (ENGLISH): "STOP KILLING KIDS!" SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 25, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WALL ALONG BORDER Mexico's National Guard is a new security force that was created by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to bring down record homicide rates. But now it has been tasked with patrolling the border to placate President Donald Trump, who has demanded Mexico stem the flow of U.S.-bound Central Americans that pass through the country or risk tariffs on Mexican goods. CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (FILE - JUNE 26, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF NATIONAL GUARD STANDING AT BORDER BORDER CROSSING / US FLAGS MIGRANTS WALKING NEXT TO BORDER WALL VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS BEING STOPPED BY MEMBERS OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER OF NATIONAL GUARD LOOKING ON FROM VEHICLE CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (FILE - MAY 2019) (REUTERS) BODY WITH HANDS TIED TO BACK ON SIDE ON ROAD POLICE VEHICLE BODY WITH HANDS TIED TO BACK ON SIDE ON ROAD FORENSICS INSPECTING BODY Hundreds of friends and family members gathered in a remote northern Mexican region on Thursday (November 7) to mourn the nine American women and children who were slain in a burst of bullets and fire in November. Members of breakaway Mormon communities that settled in Mexico decades ago, Dawna Ray Langford, two other women and six children were ambushed in Sonora state on Monday (November 4), leading U.S. President Donald Trump to urge Mexico and the United States to "wage war" together on the drug cartels. LA MORA, BAVISPE, SONORA, MEXICO (FILE - NOVEMBER 7, 2019) (REUTERS) FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS CARRYING CASKET OF VICTIM, DAWNA RAY LANGFORD, 43, AND HER SONS TREVOR AND ROGAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOOKING ON CASKETS BEING CARRIED GIRLS HUGGING DURING FUNERAL VARIOUS OF CASKETS BEING CARRIED VARIOUS OF PICTURE FRAMES AND FLOWERS ON TOP OF CASKET
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- Keywords: Donald trump G20 meeting Iran Jamal Khashoggi John Abizaid Khurais and Abqaiq facilities MBS Manuel Lopez Obrador Mexican president Mexico Mike Pompeo Osaka Pompeo Pope Francis Saudi Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi King Saudi prince U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency US President War in Yemen bin Salman border wall caravans immigrants immigration immigration protests migrants mormon community funeral mormon killed oil refinery oil refinery attack shelters
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
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- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY 2019 CONTINUES IN EDITS:
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