United States president Donald Trump has announced the signing of a presidential decree for the construction of the barrier on the border with Mexico.
The wall between Mexico and the United States, promised by president-elect Donald Trump during the electoral campaign, will be built. The American billionaire himself confirmed it, entrusting the announcement, as usual, to the social network Twitter: "Tomorrow (today, ed.) will be a great day for national security. Among other things, we will build the wall," he declared.
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A meeting between the American administration and a delegation sent by Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto is scheduled for today. The discussion will focus on the Nafta free trade agreement (North American Free Trade Agreement), which the White House has attacked from the very first hours of Trump's inauguration. It is not ruled out, however, that the issue of the wall may also be addressed. Nieto is said to have instructed his delegates — Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray and Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo — to remain open to negotiation, but not to accept any compromises on the human rights of migrants or on the freedom of Mexicans living in the United States to send money to their families back in Mexico.
But that is not all. This Wednesday, 25 January, may also be remembered for the signing of other presidential decrees, one of which is aimed at restricting the entry of citizens coming from Syria. This will mean targeting not only "economic" migrants, as in the case of Mexicans, but also refugees fleeing desperately from war.
Washington, in other words, appears determined to make no exceptions for anyone: tellingly, one executive order is expected to significantly restrict the granting of residence permits to those arriving from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, according to information provided on Tuesday by the president's entourage. Trump and Jeff Sessions, nominated for the post of Attorney General, have stated in this regard that the aim is to focus attention on countries whose citizens may pose a threat, as well as on individuals who display a "particular religious adherence".
It was for this reason that during the electoral campaign the new president of the United States even put forward the proposal to introduce a database with the aim of registering all Muslim Americans. A proposal considered in any case difficult to implement, given that creating a list on geographical or ethnic grounds appears extremely challenging.
