Border Wall Could Leave Some Americans on Mexican Side

The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road leading south to Pamela Taylor's home on the banks of the Rio Grande. Taylor hadn't been told where the fence would be built, and she doesn't know now whether officials are coming back to complete it.

Mexico to extradite gunman wanted over ‘Fast and Furious’ slaying

Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting. MEXICO CITY: Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting.

Nearly half of Mexicans think ‘El Chapo’ Guzman shouldn’t have…

Nearly half of Mexicans don't think their government should've sent Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US, and more than 60% think the Mexican government should've held on to him for negotiations with President Donald Trump. The poll, conducted two days after Guzman was sent north on Jan. 19, queried 400 Mexicans about the kingpin's extradition, with a margin of error of 4.9%.

Upset at Trump, Mexico voices a worry and irritationa to U.S. envoys

Mexico on Thursday expressed "worry and irritation" about U.S. policies to two of President Donald Trump's top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration's hard line on immigration, trade and security. Comments by Trump about a "military operation" to deport criminals added to the tense atmosphere, and prompted a clarification from Homeland Security chief John Kelly, one of the U.S. officials visiting Mexico City.

Tillerson, Mexican foreign minister discuss immigration, drug and arms trafficking

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center left, shakes hands with Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray as U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, and Mexico's Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong look on, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Mexico City, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Mexico's mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown are looming over a Thursday meeting between Tillerson, Homeland Security Secretary John Kell MEXICO CITY - Top U.S. and Mexican government officials struck a conciliatory tone Thursday after meeting inside Mexico's foreign ministry a day after tensions again flared between the two nations over Trump administration immigration policies.

Mission impossible? Here’s the maze of issues Tillerson faces in Mexico visit

Top U.S. officials met Thursday with President Enrique PeA a Nieto for likely contentious talks about relations between the two countries. Mission impossible? Here's the maze of issues Tillerson faces in Mexico visit Top U.S. officials met Thursday with President Enrique PeA a Nieto for likely contentious talks about relations between the two countries.

Trump is setting the stage for mass deportations. If Congress has…

A Border Patrol agent walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego on June 22, 2016. The Trump administration is about to learn the difference between rhetoric and reality, and could be setting itself up for a spectacular policy failure.

Deportation spat overshadows Trump envoys’ talks with angry Mexico

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is welcomed by U.S. ambassador Roberta Jacobson as he arrives at Benito Juarez international Airport in Mexico City, Mexico February 22, 2017. A bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican illegal migrants to Mexico that has enraged Mexicans will top the agenda when officials from both countries meet on Thursday amid a deepening rift between the two nations.

Supreme Court to hear case involving Mexican teen killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent

JUNE 20: Two CBS interns run with a newly released Supreme Court ruling June 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. The ruling stated that the high court declined to hear an appeal of an October ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld laws prohibiting semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines in two northeastern states.

US gov’t: Arrested Seattle ‘dreamer’ admitted gang ties

This undated photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Medina on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at his father's home, even though he has a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Senate confirms Mnuchin as Treasury secretary in 53-47 vote

Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Treasury secretary in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The U.S. Senate voted to confirm former banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary on Monday, installing the Trump administration's point-man on tax reform, financial de-regulation and economic diplomacy efforts.

Mexican Marines Use Helicopter Minigun To Kill Cartel Boss

Mexico-Eight people were killed according to authorities, including the suspected gang leader, identified as Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, known as H2; he's the leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel. A Mexican military helicopter gunship fired on the alleged hideout of a drug kingpin in one of a pair of raids that left 12 suspects dead, including the cartel capo, Mexican authorities said Friday.

Mexico is gearing up for a wave of deportations from the US

Rayos had lived in the US for 21 years, after crossing the border when she was 14. Her lawyer said the removal was a " direct result " of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. Her family and others tried to block the deportation, with one man going so far as to wrap himself around the front wheel of the van transporting her out of an ICE facility.

Q poll: Most back probes into Trump/Russia ties

By a margin of 2-1 most Americans want Congress - not President Donald Trump -to handle handle America's policy towards Russia, a new poll by Quinnipiac has found. In a separate question on the poll released Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, voters support 62 - 32 percent investigations into potential links between President Donald Trump's campaign advisers and the Russian government.

Pena Nieto says Trump agreed not to talk about wall funding

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and President Donald Trump agreed to stop publicly talking about who would pay for a border wall during a phone call Friday, representatives of both governments said, putting at least a partial lid on a feud that has threatened to rupture one of the world's biggest bilateral trade relationships. The Mexican and U.S. governments released joint statements describing the hour-long call "productive and constructive" a day after the two leaders exchanged tweets and Pena Nieto canceled a planned visit to the White House to iron out differences.

Trump speaks by phone with Mexicana

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto gives a foreign policy speech after US President Donald Trump vowed to start renegotiating North American trade ties, in Mexico City on January 23, 2017. Trump's vows to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement to protect US jobs have raised concern in Mexico, which sends most of its exports to the United States.