There has been swift reaction to recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump related to building a wall between the United States and Mexico and immigration policies.

A professor of Latin American Studies at Wayne State University says Trump’s plan for a wall is a complicated issue. “It is very difficult to create a wall on an area that has long been as a cultural space between two neighboring states,” says professor Jorge Chinea.

”So the people there are people of Mexican origin and of Native American origin – there are heritage ties between both nations as a result of that.”

Chinea says that President Nieto’s canceling the meeting with President Trump, sends a message that he will not be pushed.