Mexican cement company offers to BUILD THE WALL for President-elect Donald Trump
DONALD Trump's plans to build a wall between the US and Mexico have been given fresh hope after a Mexican cement company made a shock bid to take up the task.
A Mexican cement company have made a shock offer to help Trump build the US-Mexico border wall
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC), one of Mexico's largest construction material companies, has offered to do the job for the President-elect.
GCC chief executive Enrique Escalante said: "We can't be choosy.
"We're an important producer in that area and we have to respect our clients on both sides of the border."
We're an important producer in that area and we have to respect our clients on both sides of the border
Mr Escalante argued in terms of business, the company would be foolish not to consider the opportunity.
He said: "For the business we're in, Trump is a candidate that does favour the industry quite a bit."
Based in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, which borders US states Texas and New Mexico, GCC generates around 70 per cent of its sales in the United States and controls three production plants in the country.
Trump met with Mexican President Pena Nieto in August
Trump's proposal to build a "big, beautiful, powerful" wall to keep out illegal immigrants from Mexico was one of the most controversial elements of his divisive election campaign.
The US-Mexico border is 1,954 miles long and while there are already 650 miles of walls and fences along the frontier, it is estimated around 11 million illegal immigrants have escaped to the United States.
Family members try to make contact through the wall
The President-elect recently conceded he would accept a fence instead of a wall in certain areas, adding: "But certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I'm very good at this, it's called construction, there could be some fencing."
His comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico have received widespread media attention.
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During his speech in which he announced his candidacy for President, he compared Mexican immigrants to "rapists", saying: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.
"They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them.
He continued: "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists", before conceding: "some, I assume, are good people."