Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo caused a stir after the publication of his memoir “Never give an inch” where the close relationship that his then boss Donald Trump maintained with Mexico stands out, specifically, the negotiations before the strong migratory crisis of 2018.
According to Pompeo back then held a conversation with the current Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, who accepted the terms of the controversial “Stay in Mexico” treaty, an immigration policy that requires immigrants seeking asylum in the United States to remain in Mexico until the date of their interview with an Immigration court in the United States, but I asked him for a favor, that it not be made public so as not to tarnish the image of the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“Marcelo was visibly shaken. He insisted that his government could not accept these terms.pointing out the obvious fact that his people would be very happy to have thousands of irregular aliens staying in their country,” Pompeo wrote, who also recalled that for that same justification the United States could not receive them.
According to Pompeo’s memoirs, Ebrard told him that he would take the matter up with AMLO, but that it would not work and he received the following response: “we do not need your permission to do this (return every immigrant to Mexico or completely close the border between neighboring countries regardless of the economic impact) we want this to be cooperative, but it is not a requirement. In 14 days these immigrants will not stay in the United States. We’ve done our part to make sure of that.”
According to the former Trump employee, both did everything possible to hide the agreement from Martha Bárcenaagreeing that there was a greater risk of leaks the more people knew what happened.
Pompeo’s accusations quickly reached Marcelo Ebrard who used his social networks to accuse him of spreading “anti-Mexican” ideas who intend to leave Mexico before the world as “a threat against which a wall must be built.”
“Contrary to what Pompeo claimed – that it is part of a campaign based on anti-Mexican ideas that seek to present our country as a threat against which a wall must be built – Mexico is a reliable and essential ally in security matters. Proof of them is the Bicentennial Understanding, which today governs binational cooperation with a spirit of co-responsibility, regarding sovereignty and integrity in the face of criminal phenomena and addictions,” Marcelo wrote.
Furthermore, he said that “never accepted” the objective of the Trump Administrationdespite the fact that “certain voices thought that it was better to sign an agreement similar to that of Turkey.”
And he made it clear what Mexico’s position is “reject the signing of a bilateral agreement that commits us permanently.”