Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto weighed on Wednesday whether to cancel a meeting with US President Donald Trump next week as he condemned the US president&#39;s decision to build a massive border wall.

Lawmakers are pressuring Pena Nieto to scrap Tuesday&#39;s talks in Washington after Trump made good on his campaign pledge to quickly order the construction of the barrier.

&quot;I regret and condemn the decision of the United States to continue construction of a wall that, for years, has divided us instead of uniting us,&quot; Pena Nieto said in a nationally televised message.

&quot;I have said it time and again: Mexico will not pay for any wall,&quot; he said, referring to Trump&#39;s vow to make the southern neighbour pay for the barrier.

&quot;Mexico gives and demands respect as the completely sovereign nation that we are,&quot; Pena Nieto said.

Pena Nieto said he would wait for a report from a high-level Mexican delegation holding meetings in the US capital this week and consult with governors and lawmakers before deciding on &quot;the next steps to take.&quot;

Foreign minister Luis Videgaray, who was in Washington, told the Televisa network that Pena Nieto will weigh whether to travel to Washington but that &quot;the meeting stands for now.&quot;

&nbsp;Bad meeting&nbsp; 
The last time Pena Nieto met with Trump, things did not go well for the Mexican leader.

Pena Nieto came under massive criticism at home for hosting the Republican billionaire during the US presidential election in August even though Trump had called Mexican migrants &quot;rapists&quot; and drug runners.

Videgaray resigned his post as finance minister at the time after it emerged that he had orchestrated the trip, but he was named chief diplomat after Trump was elected.

Now, Pena Nieto is under pressure to avoid meeting Trump again, with Senator Miguel Barbosa, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), saying Pena Nieto should not let Trump &quot;impose his conditions&quot; in negotiations.

Barbosa described the wall and measures against &quot;sanctuary&quot; US cities that protect migrants from deportation as &quot;acts of aggression against Mexico, against Latin America, against the world, against freedom.&quot;

Margarita Zavala, a potential 2018 presidential candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), wrote on Twitter that Trump&#39;s announcement was &quot;an affront to Mexico&quot; and that Pena Nieto must reconsider his trip.

Other political stalwarts urged Pena Nieto to stand up to Trump during his visit.

Two-time presidential election runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exhorted Pena Nieto to lodge a complaint against the US government at the United Nations for &quot;violation of human rights and racial discrimination.&quot;

He said Pena Nieto should go to Washington to deliver the complaint to Trump and to &quot;fight for freedom, not beg for it.&quot;

Trump ordered work to begin on designing and building the wall just as Mexico&#39;s foreign and economy ministers were in Washington to prepare Pena Nieto&#39;s trip. Their meetings continue on Thursday.

Videgaray said US officials insisted that Trump&#39;s wall announcement was not meant to coincide with the Mexican delegation&#39;s visit.

&quot;They reiterated the willingness to work to reach agreements that are good for the United States and Mexico,&quot; he said.

&nbsp;Mexicans worry about tighter border&nbsp; 
At the busy border crossing in the northwestern city of Tijuana, Julian Tamayo was sitting in a long line of cars with his wife and daughter to go to the US city of San Diego, where he works.

&quot;Many of the (border) guards are very despotic and arrogant, and Trump is giving them carte blanche to be even more so,&quot; Tamayo, 49, told AFP.

Hector Renteria, a 29-year-old architecture student who was also waiting to cross the border, said the wall is not useful because migrants will &quot;find other ways to cross&quot; illegally.

Renteria worried that the wall will &quot;affect traffic more and (border) checks will be stricter.&quot;

(AFP)

President Pena Nieto is thinking about cancelling a Tuesday meeting with Trump in Washington

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto weighed on Wednesday whether to cancel a meeting with US President Donald Trump next week as he condemned the US president's decision to build a massive border wall. Lawmakers are pressuring Pena Nieto to scrap Tuesday's talks in Washington after Trump made good on his campaign pledge to quickly order the construction of the barrier. "I regret and condemn the decision of the United States to continue construction of a wall that, for years, has divided us instead of uniting us," Pena Nieto said in a nationally televised message. "I have said it time and again: Mexico will not pay for any wall," he said, referring to Trump's vow to make the southern neighbour pay for the barrier. "Mexico gives and demands respect as the completely sovereign nation that we are," Pena Nieto said. Pena Nieto said he would wait for a report from a high-level Mexican delegation holding meetings in the US capital this week and consult with governors and lawmakers before deciding on "the next steps to take." Foreign minister Luis Videgaray, who was in Washington, told the Televisa network that Pena Nieto will weigh whether to travel to Washington but that "the meeting stands for now." Bad meeting The last time Pena Nieto met with Trump, things did not go well for the Mexican leader. Pena Nieto came under massive criticism at home for hosting the Republican billionaire during the US presidential election in August even though Trump had called Mexican migrants "rapists" and drug runners. Videgaray resigned his post as finance minister at the time after it emerged that he had orchestrated the trip, but he was named chief diplomat after Trump was elected. Now, Pena Nieto is under pressure to avoid meeting Trump again, with Senator Miguel Barbosa, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), saying Pena Nieto should not let Trump "impose his conditions" in negotiations. Barbosa described the wall and measures against "sanctuary" US cities that protect migrants from deportation as "acts of aggression against Mexico, against Latin America, against the world, against freedom." Margarita Zavala, a potential 2018 presidential candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), wrote on Twitter that Trump's announcement was "an affront to Mexico" and that Pena Nieto must reconsider his trip. Other political stalwarts urged Pena Nieto to stand up to Trump during his visit. Two-time presidential election runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exhorted Pena Nieto to lodge a complaint against the US government at the United Nations for "violation of human rights and racial discrimination." He said Pena Nieto should go to Washington to deliver the complaint to Trump and to "fight for freedom, not beg for it." Trump ordered work to begin on designing and building the wall just as Mexico's foreign and economy ministers were in Washington to prepare Pena Nieto's trip. Their meetings continue on Thursday. Videgaray said US officials insisted that Trump's wall announcement was not meant to coincide with the Mexican delegation's visit. "They reiterated the willingness to work to reach agreements that are good for the United States and Mexico," he said. Mexicans worry about tighter border At the busy border crossing in the northwestern city of Tijuana, Julian Tamayo was sitting in a long line of cars with his wife and daughter to go to the US city of San Diego, where he works. "Many of the (border) guards are very despotic and arrogant, and Trump is giving them carte blanche to be even more so," Tamayo, 49, told AFP. Hector Renteria, a 29-year-old architecture student who was also waiting to cross the border, said the wall is not useful because migrants will "find other ways to cross" illegally. Renteria worried that the wall will "affect traffic more and (border) checks will be stricter." (AFP)

Mexico: We will not pay for wall

Mexican opposition figures urged President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday to cancel next week&#39;s meeting with US President Donald Trump to protest his wall while everyday Mexicans voiced concern about tighter border security.

&quot;The announcement of @realDonaldTrump&#39;s wall before the visit of @EPN (Pena Nieto) is an affront to Mexico,&quot; Margarita Zavala, a potential 2018 presidential candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), wrote on Twitter.

&quot;The visit must be reconsidered,&quot; Zavala said hours before Trump&#39;s announcement, adding in Spanish a hashtag that translates to &quot;no to the wall&quot;.

Making good on a campaign promise, Trump ordered work to begin on designing and building the wall as Mexico&#39;s foreign and economy ministers were in Washington to prepare Pena Nieto&#39;s own visit on January 31. Their meetings continue on Thursday.

The US leader repeated his vow to make Mexico reimburse the cost of building the massive barrier across the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometre) stretch.

Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo warned on Tuesday that Mexico could pull out of negotiations with the Trump administration if it insists on making his government pay for the wall, including by tapping remittances that migrants send home.

Pena Nieto&#39;s spokesman, Eduardo Sanchez, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The last time Pena Nieto met with Trump, things did not go well for the Mexican leader.

Pena Nieto came under massive criticism at home for hosting the Republican billionaire during the US presidential election in August even though Trump had called Mexican migrants &quot;rapists&quot; and drug runners.

Now, he is under pressure to avoid meeting Trump again, with Senator Miguel Barbosa, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), saying Pena Nieto should not negotiate &quot;under pressure&quot; or let Trump &quot;impose his conditions&quot;.

Barbosa described the wall and measures against &quot;sanctuary&quot; US cities that protect migrants from deportation as &quot;acts of aggression against Mexico, against Latin America, against the world, against freedom&quot;.

Fellow PRD Senator Armando Rios Piter called the wall announcement a &quot;hostile act&quot; that should prompt Pena Nieto to scrap his trip.

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Mexicans worry about tighter border

At the busy border crossing in the northwestern city of Tijuana, Julian Tamayo was sitting in a long line of cars with his wife and daughter to go to the US city of San Diego, where he works.

&quot;Many of the (border) guards are very despotic and arrogant, and Trump is giving them carte blanche to be even more so,&quot; Tamayo, 49, told AFP.

Hector Renteria, a 29-year-old architecture student who was also waiting to cross the border, said the wall is not useful because migrants will &quot;find other ways to cross&quot; illegally. Renteria worried that the wall will &quot;affect traffic more and (border) checks will be stricter&quot;.

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Fox&#39;s F-bomb

Other political stalwarts urged Pena Nieto to stand up to Trump during his visit.

Two-time presidential election runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exhorted Pena Nieto to lodge a complaint against the US government at the United Nations for &quot;violation of human rights and racial discrimination&quot;.

He said Pena Nieto should go to Washington to deliver the complaint to Trump and to &quot;fight for freedom, not beg for it&quot;.

Pena Nieto vowed on Monday that there would be &quot;neither confrontation nor submission&quot; in the negotiations with the Trump administration, which will include trade, immigration and other issues.

Former president Vicente Fox, meanwhile, used an expletive yet again on Twitter to tell the White House&#39;s spokesman that Mexico will not pay for the wall.

&quot;Sean Spicer, I&#39;ve said this to realDonaldTrump and now I&#39;ll tell you: Mexico is not going to pay for that fucking wall,&quot; Fox thundered.

(AFP)

The Mexican opposition has called the wall construction an 'affront' and urged President Pena Nieto to dump the meeting with Trump

Mexican opposition figures urged President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday to cancel next week's meeting with US President Donald Trump to protest his wall while everyday Mexicans voiced concern about tighter border security. "The announcement of @realDonaldTrump's wall before the visit of @EPN (Pena Nieto) is an affront to Mexico," Margarita Zavala, a potential 2018 presidential candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), wrote on Twitter. "The visit must be reconsidered," Zavala said hours before Trump's announcement, adding in Spanish a hashtag that translates to "no to the wall". Making good on a campaign promise, Trump ordered work to begin on designing and building the wall as Mexico's foreign and economy ministers were in Washington to prepare Pena Nieto's own visit on January 31. Their meetings continue on Thursday. The US leader repeated his vow to make Mexico reimburse the cost of building the massive barrier across the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometre) stretch. Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo warned on Tuesday that Mexico could pull out of negotiations with the Trump administration if it insists on making his government pay for the wall, including by tapping remittances that migrants send home. Pena Nieto's spokesman, Eduardo Sanchez, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The last time Pena Nieto met with Trump, things did not go well for the Mexican leader. Pena Nieto came under massive criticism at home for hosting the Republican billionaire during the US presidential election in August even though Trump had called Mexican migrants "rapists" and drug runners. Now, he is under pressure to avoid meeting Trump again, with Senator Miguel Barbosa, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), saying Pena Nieto should not negotiate "under pressure" or let Trump "impose his conditions". Barbosa described the wall and measures against "sanctuary" US cities that protect migrants from deportation as "acts of aggression against Mexico, against Latin America, against the world, against freedom". Fellow PRD Senator Armando Rios Piter called the wall announcement a "hostile act" that should prompt Pena Nieto to scrap his trip. Mexicans worry about tighter border At the busy border crossing in the northwestern city of Tijuana, Julian Tamayo was sitting in a long line of cars with his wife and daughter to go to the US city of San Diego, where he works. "Many of the (border) guards are very despotic and arrogant, and Trump is giving them carte blanche to be even more so," Tamayo, 49, told AFP. Hector Renteria, a 29-year-old architecture student who was also waiting to cross the border, said the wall is not useful because migrants will "find other ways to cross" illegally. Renteria worried that the wall will "affect traffic more and (border) checks will be stricter". Fox's F-bomb Other political stalwarts urged Pena Nieto to stand up to Trump during his visit. Two-time presidential election runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exhorted Pena Nieto to lodge a complaint against the US government at the United Nations for "violation of human rights and racial discrimination". He said Pena Nieto should go to Washington to deliver the complaint to Trump and to "fight for freedom, not beg for it". Pena Nieto vowed on Monday that there would be "neither confrontation nor submission" in the negotiations with the Trump administration, which will include trade, immigration and other issues. Former president Vicente Fox, meanwhile, used an expletive yet again on Twitter to tell the White House's spokesman that Mexico will not pay for the wall. "Sean Spicer, I've said this to realDonaldTrump and now I'll tell you: Mexico is not going to pay for that fucking wall," Fox thundered. (AFP)

Trump's border wall decision hacks off Mexicans

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday said Mexico will not pay for the wall and will try to negotiate trade, security and migration issues with Trump administration.&nbsp;

&quot;It is obvious that we have some differences with the next government of the United States, like the issue of the wall that Mexico of course will not pay for,&quot; Pena Nieto said.&nbsp;

He also added that Mexico is ready to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will reject any attempt to coerce or influence foreign investors.

Pena Nieto said Mexico was willing to constuct a secure border and not a wall and that both countries shared responsibilty over immigration.

Referring to Trump&#39;s threat to deport undocumented immigrants, he said any repartriaton&nbsp;must &quot;continue in an orderly and coordinated&quot; manner to &quot;guarantee the humane treatment and the respect of the rights of Mexican migrants.&quot;

Adding, the US will have to stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico and illegal money that finance organised crime.

(WION with inputs from agencies)

President Enrique Pena wants to negotiate trade, security and migration issues with Trump administration

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday said Mexico will not pay for the wall and will try to negotiate trade, security and migration issues with Trump administration. "It is obvious that we have some differences with the next government of the United States, like the issue of the wall that Mexico of course will not pay for," Pena Nieto said. He also added that Mexico is ready to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will reject any attempt to coerce or influence foreign investors. Pena Nieto said Mexico was willing to constuct a secure border and not a wall and that both countries shared responsibilty over immigration. Referring to Trump's threat to deport undocumented immigrants, he said any repartriaton must "continue in an orderly and coordinated" manner to "guarantee the humane treatment and the respect of the rights of Mexican migrants." Adding, the US will have to stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico and illegal money that finance organised crime. (WION with inputs from agencies)

Mexican President refuses to pay for wall, seeks talks

President-elect Donald Trump said &nbsp;that certain areas of the border wall with Mexico could be fenced.&nbsp;

In an interview with CBS&#39; &quot;60 Minutes&quot;, the business mogul was asked if&nbsp;he would accept a fence instead of a wall, Trump replied that &quot;for certain areas I would.&quot;

&quot;But certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I&#39;m very good at this, it&#39;s called construction, there could be some fencing,&quot; Reuters quoted Trump saying.&nbsp;

During the presidential campaign, Trump vowed to make Mexico pay for the border wall, as part of tough immigration rules and securing the border.&nbsp;

Trump won&nbsp;the November 8 election against Democratic nominee and rival Hillary Clinton through electoral college despite losing the popular vote.&nbsp;

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(WION with inputs from Reuters)

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'But certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I'm very good at this, it's called construction, there could be some fencing,' Trump said

President-elect Donald Trump said that certain areas of the border wall with Mexico could be fenced. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes", the business mogul was asked if he would accept a fence instead of a wall, Trump replied that "for certain areas I would." "But certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I'm very good at this, it's called construction, there could be some fencing," Reuters quoted Trump saying. During the presidential campaign, Trump vowed to make Mexico pay for the border wall, as part of tough immigration rules and securing the border. Trump won the November 8 election against Democratic nominee and rival Hillary Clinton through electoral college despite losing the popular vote. (WION with inputs from Reuters)

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