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Trump told the New York Times in an interview recently that the spending plan would help “speed up the process”, and insisted that even if taxpayers pay upfront, “We’re going to get reimbursed”.

Apart from that opening, Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos announced two recent oil discoveries in the deep waters of its territory of the Gulf of Mexico and four in the shallow waters, which could combine for a potential production rate of around 22,000 barrels of oil per day.

President Enrique Pena Nieto has again rejected Donald Trump’s demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the border, but he vowed to seek good relations with the United States president-elect.

Donald Trump promised months ago to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, which could end up costing up to $14 billion, according to recent estimates.

“When a company that’s in the US moves to a place, whether it’s Canada or Mexico, or any other country seeking to put USA workers at a disadvantage”, Spicer said on a conference call Friday, then Trump “is going to do everything he can to deter that”. He did not mention the possibility of money coming from America’s southern neighbor.

The wall has been a bone of contention between Trump and Mexico since the businessman launched his presidential campaign in June 2015, accusing Mexico of sending rapists and drug dealers across the border into the United States.

Nonetheless, the minister said he expected foreign direct investment in Mexico this year to total around $25 billion, with investment in the energy and telecommunications sectors expected to more than make up for the loss of a planned $1.6 billion Ford Motor Co. factory that the company said this month it is cancelling.

In seven out of 10 cities tortillas have had an increase of 5 percent reaching 80 cents per kilogram in a country where the daily minimum wage is US$3.8 and where almost half the population lives in poverty.

According to Customs and Border Protection, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there is now about 654 miles of fencing along the border. “I totally agree with that, but my issue is that once you put a blanket over everything, then that becomes an issue”. The fencing is not continuous.

The government is obligated by statute to reach the 700-mile floor, meaning it must still build almost 50 additional miles of fencing at minimum.

Wall Street closed higher Wednesday with rise in oil prices, and President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks on trade deals and manufacturing. He said he envisions the wall covering about half the border because of “natural barriers”. And will Trump’s wall perpetuate the norm? The Secure Fence Act required about 850 miles of double-layer fencing along five segments of the border.

When asked whether he thought that the build-the-wall pledges was just an empty campaign promise, McCain demurred.

The government would have to purchase land from Texans to build on it. During a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Trump’s choice for head of Homeland Security, retired general John Kelly, disagreed with the president-elect’s assertion that a wall would be effective in solving immigration issues.