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Mexico leftist's pitch to Trump: growth, not walls to fix migration

Monday, June 11, 2018


The politician leading the race to be Mexico’s next leader said on Sunday he wants to broker a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to stem illegal immigration through jobs and development rather than a border wall.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the favorite to win Mexico’s July 1 presidential election, said he hoped to craft a deal with Trump similar to the “Alliance for Progress”, an aid plan launched in 1961 by John F. Kennedy to help Latin America.

Source: Reuters