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It's always important to have a cool head,
Mexico's president said, declaring she would insist on respectful relations while trying to avoid confrontations
This would mean a structural change for the Mexican economy that would result in a severe recession, job losses, an increase in [employment] informality to rates above 60% and an increase in public insecurity,
Siller saidPeople have wanted to do this for years. So they are now designated as terrorist organizations foreign. Mexico probably doesn’t want that but we have to do it. … They’re killing our people, they’re killing 250,000 to 300,000 American people a year, not 100 [thousand] like has been reported,
he said referring to drug overdose deathsMy Administration will marshal all available resources and authorities to stop this unprecedented flood of illegal aliens into the United States,
Trump said in the orderDeclaring a national emergency at the southern border of the United States.”
Trump signed an executive orderThat’s a big one, a lot of big ones, huh
Trump said after an aide announced the order he was about to signWithin 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall … take all appropriate actions to rename as the ‘Gulf of America’ the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico,
the executive order saidWithin 14 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate action … to make a recommendation regarding the designation of any cartel or other organization described in section 1 of this order as a Foreign Terrorist Organization,
the order saidRestoring names that honor American greatness.”
Around seven hours later, he signed an executive orderDesignating cartels and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists.”
Trump signed an executive orderOur southern border is overrun by cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers, smugglers, unvetted military-age males from foreign adversaries, and illicit narcotics that harm Americans. … This invasion has caused widespread chaos and suffering in our country over the last four years,
he saidA 25% tariff would be equivalent to leaving the USMCA,
she said
He says that he will call it the 'Gulf of America' on its continental shelf. For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico."
Sheinbaum countered against the immediate orders from Trump, rebutting the name change, saying
Regarding the decrees that President Donald Trump signed yesterday, I would like to say the following: The people of Mexico can be sure that we will always defend our sovereignty and our independence,
said Sheinbaum, flanked by two senior ministers
I hope God touches his [Trump's] heart,
said Oralia, a Mexican woman who fled cartel violence in her home state along with her epileptic son
I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions,
Trump said in his inaugural address at the US Capitol earlier in the dayWe will drill, baby, drill,
Trump said in his inaugural address
We can’t stop Homeland Security from coming into the state of Illinois; they are allowed to do that,
Pritzker said
We know what’s coming. They’ve said what’s coming, and we want to tell our students and their families and all of our personnel that you are welcome here,
Goldberg said in NovemberThe American people have communicated with us loudly and clearly: We have a broken system. They want it fixed. We need to fix our immigration system. We need to secure our border,
Adams said