Donald Trump threatened to close the border with Mexico next week

This Friday, the American president Donald Trump wrote on his Twitter account What: "if Mexico does not immediately stop all the illegal immigration that enters the United States through our southern border, I will close the border, or large sections of the border, next week"

This morning on social networks the president has maintained his position regarding the migration of Central Americans who arrived in Mexico in caravans from Honduras, El Salvador and other countries of South America to the United States.

"It could be easy for Mexico, but they only take our money and nothing else" they speak. "In addition, we are losing a lot of money with them, especially when it comes to drug trafficking, etc.), closing the border would be a good thing!

The Republican President badured that: "Democrats have given us weaker immigration laws than anywhere else in the world. Mexico has the strongest, and generates more than $ 100,000 million a year in the United States. Therefore, Congress must now change our weak immigration laws and Mexico must prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States. "

"Mexico does nothing to stop migrants": Trump

"Mexico is doing nothing to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants into our country. They speak but they do not act. Like Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, who have been taking our money for years and doing nothing. Democrats are not interested in such laws. Maybe we will close the southern borders! ", He said in a message posted via his official Twitter account.

Donald Trump held his first rally on Thursday, March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

On Monday, Patrick Shanahan, acting head of the Pentagon, announced the release of US $ 1,000 million to finance the wallhowever a day later representatives room rejected the claim.

Trump's claim in Mexico is a few hours after DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen met with the Secretary of the Interior of MexicoOlga Sánchez Cordero.

The officials had a working meeting in Miami, where they discussed "the ways in which the United States and Mexico can work together to fight illegal migration"

The migration crisis on the southern border of the United States reached its peak in February. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has arrested 76,000 people for their illegal entry, the highest number in the last 12 years.

"Your request is legitimate," said the Mexican president

"We do not want to confront each other, we will maintain a position of respect with Donald Trump … he has a vision, I respect him and I consider it legitimate, "replied AMLO.

Mexican government will cooperate to prevent thousands of migrants from continuing to arrive on the southern border of the United States.

"The instruction is to support this petition, this request from the US government, it is legitimate that they are dissatisfied, who make these claims, we have a design, if not different, yes with some nuances"he added.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior, aHe announced that the authorities would implement a containment strategy in the isthmus of Tehuantepec. One of the goals is avoid human trafficking.

"(Already studied) How caravans are organized, if they are spontaneous, which favor the organization of caravans, if there are no political, electoral objectives, to reveal, in the open air, all this, "said López Obrador.

"There is the trafficking of people and there are interestsbecause it's also about charging for the transfer at the border and other things, "he said.