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Government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 in Yuma, Ariz. The 30-foot high wall replaces a five-mile section of Normandy barrier and post-n-beam fencing, shown at left, along the the International border that separates Mexico and the United States. Construction began as federal officials revealed a list of Defense Department projects to be cut to pay for President Donald Trump's wall. (AP Photo/Matt York)

450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

Central American migrants wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Dozens of immigrants lined up Friday at a major Tijuana border crossing waiting to learn how the Trump administration's radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum would affect the tens of thousands of migrants stuck on the Mexican border seeking refuge.(AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Trump official says asylum changes will drive down backlog

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mexico says it disagrees with US Supreme Court order

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019 file photo, migrants line up in Matamoros, Mexico, for a meal donated by volunteers from the U.S., at the foot of the Puerta Mexico bridge that crosses to Brownsville, Texas. A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the entire southwest border. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 that put the ruling by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar on hold for now. That means the administration's asylum policy is blocked in the border states of California and Arizona but not in New Mexico and Texas. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel. File)

Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2019 file photo, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gives a news conference, on the mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. Ebrard is to give a final report on Mexican government efforts Friday, Sept. 5, three months after threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Mexico unless it cracked down on hundreds of thousands of mainly Central American migrants arriving at the U.S. border. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Mexico: Supreme Court asylum ruling ‘astonishing’

By Christopher Sherman - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2019 file photo, a military police officer wearing the insignia of Mexico's new National Guard detains Guatemalan migrants to keep them from crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas. Under pressure from the U.S. government, Mexico’s immigration policy has moved from promising to help migrants, to one characterized by militarized enforcement under the growing influence of the country’s Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)

Under US pressure Mexico shifts immigration policy

By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press

Government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 in Yuma, Ariz. The 30-foot high wall replaces a five-mile section of Normandy barrier and post-n-beam fencing, shown at left, along the the International border that separates Mexico and the United States. Construction began as federal officials revealed a list of Defense Department projects to be cut to pay for President Donald Trump's wall. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Donald Trump border wall promise takes shape near Yuma, Arizona

By Astrid Galvan - Associated Press

Stuff animals, story books and small chairs fill the Juvenile waiting area at the Migrant Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facilities in Laredo, Tuesday, September 10, 2019. The facility is schedule to open for hearings for immigrants seeking asylum on Monday, September 16, 2019. (Ricardo Santos/The Laredo Morning Times via AP)

Tent courts for migrants waiting in Mexico closed to outside

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 in Yuma, Ariz. The 30-foot high wall replaces a five-mile section of Normandy barrier and post-n-beam fencing, shown at left, along the the International border that separates Mexico and the United States. Construction began as federal officials revealed a list of Defense Department projects to be cut to pay for President Donald Trump's wall. (AP Photo/Matt York)

450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek gives a news conference to promote her new film &quot;Monarca&quot; in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Salma is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Salma Hayek to protect Mexico image on social media

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Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek gives a news conference to promote her new film &quot;Monarca&quot; in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Salma is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Actress Salma Hayek says she wants to protect Mexico’s image

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2006 file photo, visitors observe a Volaris airplane at the Ciudad de Toluca airport, in Mexico. Documents show the city of Albuquerque, N.M., spent nearly $1.6 million to promote the Mexico-based airline that had promised, then canceled, regular international flights in July 2019. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz, File)

Emails: Albuquerque spent $1.6M on canceled Mexico flights

Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, speaks at a news conference following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats will try to block Trump’s border wall maneuver

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2019 photo, trans rights activist Kenya Cuevas talks with Italia, a 24-year-old transgender sex worker from the state of Oaxaca, on a street corner in Mexico City. Cuevas' origin story as an activist who demands protections for trans women dates back to Sept. 29, 2016. That was the night her friend and fellow trans sex worker got into a client's Nissan compact car and was shot multiple times. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico trans women fight for justice as murders unpunished

By MICHAEL KRUMHOLTZ - Associated Press

Located a short distance from the Rio Grande, the Migrant Protection Protocols Immigration Hearing Facilities in Laredo, Texas, are adjacent to the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge. Hearings for immigrants seeking asylum are set to begin Monday, September 16, 2019. (Ricardo Santos/The Laredo Morning Times via AP)

Tent courts set to open on border for US asylum seekers

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, many who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, wait in line to get a meal in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. The program, officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols, was instituted by the U.S. and Mexico as a way of deterring migrants from crossing the border to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Veronica G. Cardenas)

Federal court reinstates nationwide injunction on Trump’s asylum policy

By Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Mexico proposes generous social budget; bets big on oil

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FILE - In this March 8, 2019 file photo, Consuelo Salas holds up a pink cross marked with the name of her daughter Vitoria Pamela Salas, who was killed in 2017 at age 23, as she calls for justice, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, following a march. Hundreds plan to take to the streets of Mexico City again Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, to demand justice for women who have been killed, kidnapped and sexually assaulted. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

AP Explains: Why Mexican Women March Against Gender Violence

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

A woman holds the message &quot;We want to be alive&quot; during a silent march to remember murdered women and demand justice for them in Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Mexico City to demand justice for loved ones, girls and countless women who have been sexually assaulted, murdered or gone missing in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a female. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexicans march to demand safety and justice for women

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado (18) defends against U.S. midfielder Wil Trapp (6) during the first half of an international friendly soccer match Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Mexico routs US 3-0 to maintain soccer dominance

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press