- U.S. officials are now pressing Mexico to stop its own citizens from heading toward the border — not only migrants passing through — a demand that legal experts say collides directly with Mexico's constitutional guarantee of free movement.
- Border Patrol apprehensions doubled year-over-year in July, topping 9,200, even as overall irregular migration through Mexico has fallen sharply during Trump's second term.
- The two governments return to the table this month for a fourth round of USMCA talks in Washington, still deadlocked over a proposed 50% U.S.-content rule for vehicles.
- The request lands alongside a Sinaloa cartel-corruption case, dozens of revoked visas for Mexican officials, and a disputed CIA operation — straining the relationship on several fronts simultaneously.
Washington's push to lock down the southern border has picked up an unusual new target: Mexican citizens moving inside their own country. According to Bloomberg's reporting, Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller is now the driving force behind a demand that Mexico stop its own nationals from traveling toward the U.S. border, going beyond the administration's broader ask that Mexico do more to intercept migrants from other countries.
