MEXICO CITY, April 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico must “act prudently” and have a “friendship policy,” said Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in response to the declarations made by U.S. President Donald Trump to close the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his daily morning press conference, Lopez Obrador said he preferred to maintain a stance of “love and peace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are not going to have a confrontation with the U.S. government,” Lopez Obrador said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He declined to talk about the effects that an eventual closure of the U.S.-Mexico border would have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mexico will help fight the migration problem, since most Central American migrants enter the U.S. through Mexico, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border if Mexico doesn’t stop the flow of migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He routinely uses illegal immigration as a justification to build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In February he declared a national emergency as a means to obtain funding for the wall after Congress denied the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Mexico’s Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero said it was establishing a plan to restrain the migration flow in southeast Mexico. — NNN-XINHUA
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