Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for an assessment of “all assets available for border wall and barrier construction,” according to a report. The request was made in a Dec. 5 meeting between Trump’s transition team and DHS officials, according to an […]

70 percent of illegals admitted under Obama’s ‘minor refugee’ program are adults

70 percent of illegals admitted under Obama’s ‘minor refugee’ program are adults

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 Some 70 percent of “minor refugees” allowed into the U.S. under a program President Barack Obama instituted via executive order were actually adults, a report said. The program, which has cost taxpayers $1 billion in 2016, was designed to help minor refugees from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who […]

Canada, Mexico ready to deal with Trump on NAFTA

Canada, Mexico ready to deal with Trump on NAFTA

by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the Nov. 8 presidential election was a shock to the system of the leaders of the U.S.’s two North American neighbors. Scrambling to come to grips with Trump’s historic win, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto both said they […]

UN rights chief calls Trump a global threat

UN rights chief calls Trump a global threat

by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2016 Donald Trump’s promise to build a border wall to stem the tide of illegal immigrants and his vow to re-authorize the use of waterboarding are among the reasons the Republican presidential candidate is a danger to the world, the UN’s human rights chief said. “If Donald Trump is elected […]

Fallout in Mexico from Trump’s visit: The finance minister who negotiated it paid the price

Fallout in Mexico from Trump’s visit: The finance minister who negotiated it paid the price

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info In the aftermath of the controversial visit of Donald Trump to Mexico, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s closest adviser, lost his cabinet position. The change was announced by President Peña Nieto at a press conference on Sept. 7, a week after the appearance by […]

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The following is Phyllis Schlafly’s final column. The conservative icon passed away on Sept. 5 at age 92. Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico, where he met the Mexican president and discussed the many contentious issues between our two countries, reminds me of President Reagan’s important trip to Geneva […]

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders President Enrique Peña Nieto’s invitation to the two U.S. candidates for president is one more instance of the growing role of Mexico in domestic American politics. There was a time, now long ago politically, when Mexican politicians preferred to ignore what they considered an embarrassment of the Mexican […]

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 An organization funded by George Soros, a proponent of net neutrality, attempted to buy its way into negotiations that would impact Internet regulation, a leaked document shows. With net regulation as its main concern, the leftist billionaire’s Open Society Foundations funneled $66,290 to a nonprofit with the goal of […]

Israeli ‘smart fence’ firm says business is booming; Trump’s wall? No problem

Israeli ‘smart fence’ firm says business is booming; Trump’s wall? No problem

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that a wall will be put up at the U.S. southern border and that Mexico will pay for it. And, now, an Israeli firm says it will build Trump’s wall. Magal Security Systems Ltd. said it is ready, willing and able to […]

‘El Chapo’s new digs: Rating by human rights group is lowest of all Mexican prisons

‘El Chapo’s new digs: Rating by human rights group is lowest of all Mexican prisons

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info The residence of Mexican narco baron Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzman has changed again, from the Altiplano prison in Central Mexico to Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. And there may be a future move north of the border for Guzman, as a judge has approved […]