issue and a lot of people in mexico don t want to and you saw a lot of support for the migrants and people giving them food and donations and being generous to them and you saw in tijuana opposition and protests in the caravan. there is mixed opinions about immigration internally and how mexi mexico. thanks for joining us from mexico city. appreciate it. they decided to not run for reelection. good afternoon.
what are your thoughts about this plan to keep asylum seekers in mexico and now the conflicting reporting about whether it is or isn t happening. i always cautioned myself against rendering an opinion. it would be nice if they laid out what the policy is going to be and it s difficult to opine on that. this is what elijah cummings had to say about this idea. if the president cuts a deal with mexico, are you supporting this? no. that s like the law. they should be allowed to come in and seek asylum. that s the law. would you support change in the law? no. we have a system that has worked for a long time. this president has come in and
mexico before going to the u.s. they haven t expressed that they are opposed for that plan. and you had a quote from that s the and for now we have agreed to this policy of remaining in mexico and calling it a short-term solution. there are no plans of a third safe country for migrants. what do you suppose is going on here and now there is modification of the statement? that s likely. this incoming government is not yet the government. i don t think they want to ig r
make big policy announcements before the new president is sworn in. there was perhaps the official that we talked to that got a little ahead of the rest of the government. and mexico support this is idea which is a major change in how a asylum seekers are supported. you have the attribution that you made. this is not anonymous. this is on the record taped interview. what about mexicans in general? what are people in general saying? just regular passers bay reacted to the reporting and the notion of remain in mexico? i think it s a controversial
debates on cnn, the political narrative is changing and they start talking to themselves rather than the american people and the other political party. way before that, the president is talking about a potential government shut down. if he doesn t get funding for that border wall. that could potentially land on your lap before you leave. what are your thoughts on that. will it come to that? i recall when the president was campaigning, mexico was supposed to pay for the wall. i don t know when that stopped being the policy or the position that he was proffering, but i don t think we should have a government shut down, period. i never support government shutdowns. they don t let to anything good. it costs more money to shut the government down than to keep the government open. i don t think we will see that, but this president wants his campaign promise fulfilled and senator klobuchar saying the