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Mexican President considers cancelling trip to United States

Billions of dollars in federal aid to those cities could be at risk under Trump's move

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Photo: Reuters
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Photo: Reuters

Julia Edwards Ainsley | Reuters Washington
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a US-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mulling restoring a CIA secret detention program as he launched broad but divisive plans to reshape US immigration and national security policy.

A draft executive order seen by Reuters that Trump is expected to sign in the coming days would block the entry of refugees from war-torn Syria and suspend the entry of any immigrants from Muslim-majority Middle Eastern and African countries Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Yemen while permanent rules are studied.

His directives on Wednesday signalled a tough

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