Mexico president says border to remain open after Trump claimed she agreed to close it

By AFP 28 November 2024, 5:54 am 5 Edit

US President-elect Donald Trump says Mexico’s leader had agreed to “stop” migration during a conversation between the pair, “effectively closing” the border between their countries.

Claudia Sheinbaum “has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,” Trump posts on his Truth Social platform.

Sheinbaum, who posted earlier on X about the call, said the pair had discussed Mexico’s migration “strategy” but made no reference to closing the border.

She worked quickly to respond to Trump’s claim, saying the country did not plan to close its border.

“Mexico’s position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and communities,” the Mexican president writes on X.