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We Mexicans are hard-working. We go (to the United States) in search of a better life,
It will be business as usual, even with more police here. If you catch one Chapo, tomorrow another Chapo will appear,
he told AFP, referring to infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman It's just a way of trying to look good so they don't raise tariffs. They are political agreements,
said Armando Jauregui, a 35-year-old Mexican who works at a duty-free shop next to the Tijuana-San Diego border crossing, one of the world's busiest There's a lot of National Guard around at the moment,
as well as members of other branches of the security forces, ... the 73-year-old said They are here welding, putting up barbed wire. They have been here for four days now, and it's so noisy,
the 35-year-old said, adding They are just checking people don't try to cross (the border). But you don't see drugs going across here or anything like that... There must be another way to cross,
There will be permanent surveillance on the border,
National Guard leader José Luis Santos Iza told reporters as the first set of soldiers arrived We need to protect Americans, and it is my duty as President to ensure the safety of all,
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday The deployment has already started,
Sheinbaum told reporters a day after announcing a last-minute deal with Trump to tighten measures against illegal migration and cross-border smuggling of the drug fentanyl Patrols will be conducted on foot and by vehicle, as well as patrols on various roads leading to the border,
The president had a gun to her head to make such a decision,
said Andres Sumano, a researcher at Mexico's Northern Border College (Colef).