Envoys get cool reception

[struggle4progress]

Thu Feb 23, 2017 | 2:13pm EST
By Alexandra Alper and Noe Torres | MEXICO CITY

Mexico gave a cool reception to visiting senior U.S. officials due to a controversy over deportations of illegal immigrants, with one minister playing down the chances that a planned meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday will go ahead.

The U.S. government is seeking to deport many illegal immigrants to Mexico if they entered the United States from there, regardless of their nationality, prompting a fiery response from Mexican officials.

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray on Wednesday called the measures "unilateral" and "unprecedented."

The new U.S. immigration guidelines are likely to top the agenda of meetings in Mexico City with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-idUSKBN1621X2

[Maru Kitteh]

1. good. they earned it.

[underpants]

2. Phenomenal

"We have a very healthy and robust relationship with the Mexican government, and Mexican officials and I think they would echo that same sentiment. President Pena Nieto has echoed that at well," said Spicer.

"I think the relationship with Mexico is phenomenal right now, and I think there's an unbelievable and robust dialogue between our two nations."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ibtimes.co.uk/phenomenal-right-now-how-white-house-sees-us-mexico-relations-1608171?client=safari