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Mexico Making Strides in Sealing Border, but GOP Panelists Say More Progress Needed

Officials in a House hearing praise President Sheinbaum’s efforts to curtail drug smuggling and illegal immigration, but say ‘greater burden-sharing’ is needed.
Mexico Making Strides in Sealing Border, but GOP Panelists Say More Progress Needed
Illegal immigrants walk along the U.S.–Mexico border wall after crossing the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images
John Haughey
John Haughey
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Mexico is extending “unprecedented” cooperation with the Trump administration in combating drug smuggling and illegal immigration along its 2,000-mile border with the United States, but House Republicans say it must do more.

If not, several said during a two-hour Dec. 17 hearing, President Donald Trump might militarily target Mexico-embedded narcotics cartels under his newly unveiled ‘Trump Corollary“ to the Monroe Doctrine.
John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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