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Trump's angry tweets about Mexico? More fiction than fact

MEXICO CITY - President Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of tweets Sunday and Monday attacking Mexico on several fronts, including immigration and the North America Free Trade Agreement.

Trump tweeted on those topics seven times, complaining about a "massive inflow of drugs and people" at the border and claiming Mexico wasn't doing enough to halt the flow of migrants heading to the United States. We fact-checked those and other Trump claims to see what was true and what was false.

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Claim: Mexico is doing 'nothing' to stop migrants from crossing Mexico's southern border

False. While he was in office, former President Barack Obama quietly pressured Mexico to step up immigration enforcement along its southern border. In response, in 2014 the Mexican

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