Mexican president to ‘friend’ Trump: close the US-Mexico border at your peril

Andrés Manuel López Obrador warns ex-president that campaign pledge will hurt $325bn Mexicans bring to US…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/24/us-mexico-border-close-obrador-trump

Mayorkas slams Texas Gov. Abbott for saying Biden should use executive authority on border | CNN Politics

"He couldn't be more wrong," Mayorkas said of the Republican governor in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." 

"As a matter of fact, former President Trump tried to close the border, and it was enjoined in the courts and never saw the light of day," the secretary said, before later adding, "The reality is that Congress needs to act, and President Biden said that Congress needs to get a spine."…

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/03/politics/alejandro-mayorkas-abbott-border/index.html

“Without These Workers, Everything Ceases to Exist”: How Coronavirus Is Coming for Your Produce – Mother Jones

US consulates in Mexico are closed indefinitely, stranding a labor source that American farms rely on. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/mexico-farms-h2a-visas-produce-coronavirus-us/