new president said that he has "deep admiration for the people of Mexico," adding that he looks forward to meeting with Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto and that he "truly" believes that the U.S. and Mexico can improve relations going forward.

Peña Nieto may cancel a visit with Trump scheduled for next week in response to today's announcement, a Mexican official told ABC News. The Mexican president has been under fire in his country recently for being seen as too accommodating to Trump.

During his confirmation hearing earlier this month, newly-minted DHS Secretary Gen. John Kelly said that "a physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job."

"It has to be a layered defense," he said, adding that even with a wall extending from the Pacific Ocean toThe past month has seen the departures of two Canadian journalists long considered provocative, both over the contentious subject of identity politics. The burnt and pitted landscape that remains has me wondering about the future of what's considered the mainstream media in Canada.

The first was columnist Desmond Cole, who stopped writing for the Toronto Star after being told that his interruption of a Toronto Police Services Board meeting last April crossed the publication's line between activism and journalism. The second was Jonathan Kay, who resigned his position as editor-in-chief of The Walrus last weekend amid an industrywide fracas over the concept of cultural appropriation.

Disclosure: I know both men. About two years ago, Mr. Kay turned me down for a job, then offered me another, which I declined; I