From the NY Times.,
“President Trump said Thursday that he planned to impose a 5 percent tariff on all imported goods from Mexico beginning June 10, a tax that he said would “gradually increase” until Mexico stopped the flow of undocumented immigrants across the border.”
“The president’s threat was a significant escalation in his fight with Mexico and a drastic move against an American ally, which essentially dared the Mexican government to risk economic catastrophe on both sides of the border if it did not capitulate to the angry demands of the United States president.”
Trump’s escalation is stupid. When General Kelley was Chief of Staff, ( former head of the U.S. Central Command,) he knew how misinformed this policy was.
Response. editor.
This poorly informed action ignores many of the realities of the U.S.-Mexico relationship. Mexico provides the primary security against migration to the U.S. on our southern border. Mexican police and military restrict migration and turn thousands of would-be migrants back each year at their southern border.
These decisions are the kind we get since when we have President who listens to Fox News and Kris Kobach rather than to listen to persons who know the region and the issues.
The Mexican army and police already provide the primary obstacle to migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from reaching the U.S. border. The U.S. pays the Mexican forces to do this enforcement. Given Trump’s provocative statements and acts, they could simply stop serving as a border security force for the U.S. The end of bi-national police cooperation would massively increase immigration and severely reduce efforts to restrict drug cartels from moving drugs into the U.S.
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