Donald Trump Threatens 25% Tariff On Mexico In Retaliation For Border Crossings
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Encounters along the southern U.S. border have slowed dramatically in recent months.
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d slap new tariffs on goods from Mexico in retaliation for illegal border crossings if he returns to office.
Speaking at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump said one of the first things he’d do if he wins the White House would be to call Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and threaten her over his fearmongering characterization of arriving immigrants.
“I am going to inform her on day one or sooner that if they do not stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I am going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America,” Trump said.
“If that does not work, I will make it 50,” he continued. “If that does not work, I will make it 75. I will make it 100.”
Trump has made illegal immigration a central focus of his presidential campaign for the past year amid a surge of crossings along the U.S. border with Mexico. But there have been far fewer border encounters in recent months, according to federal data, likely as a result of changes President Joe Biden enacted earlier this year to stifle asylum claims and speed deportations.
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