{"id":21452,"date":"2019-05-08T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T22:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=21452"},"modified":"2019-05-10T18:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T22:42:23","slug":"mexico-rejects-u-s-security-aid-as-country-experiences-record-violence-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/05\/08\/mexico-rejects-u-s-security-aid-as-country-experiences-record-violence-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Rejects U.S. Security Aid As Country Experiences Record Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Despite breaking a violence record<\/a> in the first quarter of 2019, Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador is rejecting U.S. security aid on the basis that money could be more constructive if it were directed toward economic development in Central America and southern Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement earlier this week, Obrador declared, \u201cWe\ndon\u2019t want the so-called Merida Initiative [security cooperation agreement between\nU.S \u2013Mexico]\u2026.We don\u2019t want helicopter gunships. We don\u2019t want resources for\nany kind of military support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With illegal immigration surging in both Mexico and the\nUnited States, Obrador believes that economic development in the Northern\nTriangle countries and southern Mexico may improve conditions that keeps\nmigrants in their home countries. This includes providing more education,\nhigher wages, and physical infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Obrador is dismissing the fact that Mexico remains\na country plagued with violence, crime, and drug smuggling. Within the last few\nyears, Mexico has demonstrated a need for improved security measures. Below are\nsome startling figures: <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is mindboggling to see the leftist nationalist reject\nU.S. security aid, especially at a time where Mexico\u2019s widespread violence and\ncrime show no sign of improvement. Obrador, among many left-leaning American politicians,\nbelieve that economic development is the panacea for the surge of migrants\nentering the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For many years, the United States has given significant aid packages for development in the Northern Triangle countries, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars<\/a> annually, but these countries have seen little improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Income inequality, poverty, and violence in these nations remain high and the funding has evidently not curbed the flow of migrants trekking northward to the U.S.-Mexico border. The United States expects to apprehend more than 1,000,000<\/a> individuals this year, the highest since 2006. The largest group of migrants apprehended in U.S. history<\/a> occurred just last month. Clearly, there is a disconnect here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, eradicating widespread violence and crime in\nMexico is not the duty of our nation, but when help is offered, Mexico should\nnot refuse assistance that is undoubtedly needed. <\/p>\n\n\n Despite breaking a violence record in the first quarter of 2019, Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador is rejecting U.S. security aid on the basis that money could be more constructive if it were directed toward economic development in Central America and southern Mexico. In a statement earlier this week, Obrador declared, \u201cWe don\u2019t want<\/p>\n
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