Trump Takes MAJOR Action Against Mexico To Stop Illegal Immigration

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Ryan Saavedra - The Daily Wire


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President Donald Trump announced that the United States is slapping Mexico with massive tariffs for not stopping the flow of illegal aliens into the United States and that the tariffs are going to steadily increase until Mexico fixes the problem.

"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP," Trump tweeted. "The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied, at which time the Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow."
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In a message sent out by the White House, Trump explained that the 5% tariff on Mexico will increase by 5% every month — maxing out at 25% — until the flow of illegal immigration comes to a halt. Trump writes:


To address the emergency at the Southern Border, I am invoking the authorities granted to me by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Accordingly, starting on June 10, 2019, the United States will impose a 5 percent Tariff on all goods imported from Mexico. If the illegal migration crisis is alleviated through effective actions taken by Mexico, to be determined in our sole discretion and judgment, the Tariffs will be removed. If the crisis persists, however, the Tariffs will be raised to 10 percent on July 1, 2019. Similarly, if Mexico still has not taken action to dramatically reduce or eliminate the number of illegal aliens crossing its territory into the United States, Tariffs will be increased to 15 percent on August 1, 2019, to 20 percent on September 1, 2019, and to 25 percent on October 1, 2019. Tariffs will permanently remain at the 25 percent level unless and until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory. Workers who come to our country through the legal admissions process, including those working on farms, ranches, and in other businesses, will be allowed easy passage.

If Mexico fails to act, Tariffs will remain at the high level, and companies located in Mexico may start moving back to the United States to make their products and goods. Companies that relocate to the United States will not pay the Tariffs or be affected in any way.

Over the years, Mexico has made massive amounts of money in its dealings with the United States, and this includes the tremendous number of jobs leaving our country.

Should Mexico choose not to cooperate on reducing unlawful migration, the sustained imposition of Tariffs will produce a massive return of jobs back to American cities and towns. Remember, our great country has been the “piggy bank” from which everybody wants only to TAKE. The difference is that now we are firmly and forcefully standing up for America’s interests.

Fox News' Gregg Re reports that White House sources have indicated that Mexico "needs to step up security efforts on the border, target transnational smugglers, crack down on illicit bus lines, and align with the U.S. on a workable asylum policy" and that "there are choke points on the southern border that Mexico could use to sharply curb illegal migration."

"The International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 permits tariffs to be levied by the executive in the event of a national emergency originating from a foreign source," Fox News added. "However, the situation could complicate the legislative passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), sent to Congress by the White House on Thursday, which aims broadly to limit tariffs among the three countries."

White House officials told Fox News that they do not expect the tariffs to interfere with the USMCA.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:okwith:

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:fu: congress

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:fu: congress

Well then, maybe congress should, you know, do their job and do something about illegal immigration instead of FUCK TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!

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Well then, maybe congress should, you know, do their job and do something about illegal immigration instead of FUCK TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!

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I agree :dunno:

This is his only path. He can't give, but he can take away

[Teh One Who Knocks]

by John Gage - Washington Examiner


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Migrants lining up for water in a makeshift camp in April in Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that his administration would be sending a delegation to the United States after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico if they did not stop the influx of illegal immigration.

Obrador said he was planning on sending a delegation Friday headed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to Washington to work out the problem.

The Mexican president said he did not want to retaliate with further tariffs against the United States, saying more taxes were not a solution to the illegal immigration problem.

“President Trump, social problems are not resolved with taxes or coercive measures,” Obrador said.

Trump announced Thursday that his administration would be placing tariffs on all Mexican goods until they stopped the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.

"Mexico’s passive cooperation in allowing this mass incursion constitutes an emergency and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States. Mexico has very strong immigration laws and could easily halt the illegal flow of migrants, including by returning them to their home countries. Additionally, Mexico could quickly and easily stop illegal aliens from coming through its southern border with Guatemala," Trump said in a statement Thursday.

"As President of the United States, my highest duty is the defense of the country and its citizens. A nation without borders is not a nation at all. I will not stand by and allow our sovereignty to be eroded, our laws to be trampled, or our borders to be disrespected anymore," Trump said.

The president said he would be placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican goods using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act with the tariff increasing 5% every month until the “illegal immigration problem is remedied.”

Mexico’s North American deputy foreign minister said the country was disappointed with the tariff announcement.

“We’re in a good moment building a good relationship (with the United States) and this comes like a cold shower,” Jesus Seade said.

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:lol:

Where's that shitting in pants meme when you need it

[fricnjay]

He did say Mexico was going to pay. :-k

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Hahahaha, he is amazing

[RBP]

It's not a "social problem", Mexico, it's a national sovereignty issue. Although I still think it's more our problem to prevent entrance than theirs to stop citizens from leaving.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

It's not a "social problem", Mexico, it's a national sovereignty issue. Although I still think it's more our problem to prevent entrance than theirs to stop citizens from leaving.

What about them not letting them into Mexico at the southern border to begin with? Why should they allow free passage since they know they will be heading straight for the US?

[RBP]

What about them not letting them into Mexico at the southern border to begin with? Why should they allow free passage since they know they will be heading straight for the US?

Isn't that the same as our responsibility to enforce our southern border? We give them easy passage also. If they can't enter here, they wouldn't enter there. But yes, defending sovereign borders is the responsibility of that nation.

[perrhaps]

He did say Mexico was going to pay. :-k

Unfortunately, they won't. The importers will pay and pass the costs on to us. The price of a lot of new cars will go up as will many other goods. But that's okay as long as Trumpty comes off like a tough guy right?

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Unfortunately, they won't. The importers will pay and pass the costs on to us. The price of a lot of new cars will go up as will many other goods. But that's okay as long as Trumpty comes off like a tough guy right?

But Mexico will suffer more :girldevil:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Isn't that the same as our responsibility to enforce our southern border? We give them easy passage also. If they can't enter here, they wouldn't enter there. But yes, defending sovereign borders is the responsibility of that nation.

I agree, so our solution is to have them stop it before it starts ;)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Easier, simpler, cheaper solution. You know what's cheaper than building a long, big ass wall?


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[perrhaps]

Or, simply slap a surcharge of $250.00 on every airline ticket and cruise ship passage that originates here and lands and docks in Mexico. Sit back, and watch Mexico pay for the wall/barrier.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

If we really want to fix the problem, just stop all welfare benefits, they will stop coming

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Gregg Re | Fox News


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With just days to go until the Trump administration is set to impose punishing tariffs on Mexico unless the country halts the unprecedented flow of illegal immigrants across the southern border, numerous signs that Mexico would capitulate emerged Thursday -- but it remained unclear Friday morning whether their efforts would satisfy the White House.

Reports in the evening indicated that Mexico's negotiators with Washington have offered to immediately deploy 6,000 National Guard troops to the border with Guatemala. Additionally, Mexico has reportedly agreed to a major overhaul of reasonable asylum protocols, which would require asylum applicants to seek permanent refuge in the first country they arrive in after fleeing their home countries.

For virtually all Central American migrants, that country would not be the United States. The Trump administration has already begun requiring asylum applicants to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed, saying too many applicants were using the system fraudulently to escape into the country. Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to stop that practice temporarily.

However, two administration officials tell Fox News that while talks have been going well with Mexico, and that Mexico is making some fresh proposals, there is not yet a deal that U.S. officials are sure to imminently accept.

Also on Thursday, Mexico's financial intelligence agency announced it had frozen the bank accounts of 26 people who it claimed "have presumably participated in migrant smuggling and the organization of illegal migrant caravans."

The agency said it had detected money transfers from central Mexico to six Mexican border cities presumably related to the caravans.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted on Thursday that the Mexican government does not "act against anybody to please any foreign government."

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Meanwhile, some 200 Mexican military police, immigration agents and federal police blocked the advance of about 1,000 Central American migrants who were walking north along a southern Mexico highway on Wednesday, once again showing a tougher new stance on attempts to use the country as a stepping-stone to the U.S.

The group of migrants, including many women and children, set out early from Ciudad Hidalgo at the Mexico-Guatemala border and was headed for Tapachula, the principal city in the region. State and local police accompanied the caravan.

The officials blocked the highway near the community of Metapa, about 11 miles from Tapachula.

Unarmed agents wrestled some migrants who resisted to the ground, but the vast majority complied and boarded buses or immigration agency vans. Some migrants fainted and fell to the ground. One young man who collapsed was taken for medical attention.

That afternoon, in Mexico City, police detained Irineo Mujica, the head of migrant aide group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, and Cristobal Sanchez, a migrant activist.

Vice President Mike Pence, monitoring the talks from his travels in Pennsylvania, said the U.S. was "encouraged" by Mexico's latest proposals but, so far, tariffs still were set to take effect Monday.

Trump, in announcing the tariffs last week, promised that they would swiftly increase if no action was taken. The president declared Wednesday evening that "not nearly enough" progress was being made in last-minute negotiations with Mexico.

"On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP," Trump said on May 30. "The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied, ... ..at which time the Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow."

Fox News is told the tariff on all goods by land, sea, and air from Mexico will hike to 10 percent on July 1 -- and potentially increase substantially from there.

"If Mexico still has not taken action to dramatically reduce or eliminate the number of illegal aliens crossing its territory into the United States, Tariffs will be increased to 15 percent on August 1, 2019, to 20 percent on September 1, 2019, and to 25 percent on October 1, 2019," Trump said in a statement released later by the White House on Thursday. "Tariffs will permanently remain at the 25 percent level unless and until Mexico substantially stops the illegal inflow of aliens coming through its territory."

The statement added: "Thousands of innocent lives are taken every year as a result of this lawless chaos. It must end NOW! ... Mexico’s passive cooperation in allowing this mass incursion constitutes an emergency and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States."

Specifically, White House sources told Fox News that Mexico would need to step up security efforts on the border, target transnational smugglers, crack down on illicit bus lines and align with the U.S. on a workable asylum policy. Mexico could use certain so-called choke points on the southern border to curb illegal migration sharply, according to the sources.

Arrests along the southern border have skyrocketed in recent months, with border agents making more than 100,000 arrests or denials of entry in March, a 12-year high. Immigration courts that process asylum claims currently have faced a backlog of more than 800,000 cases and asylum applicants increasingly have been staying in the U.S. even after their claims for asylum have been denied.

More than 4,000 individuals have been apprehended at the border with children who are not their own in recent months, administration officials tell Fox News.

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And, Customs and Border Protection said it apprehended or turned away over 109,000 migrants attempting to cross the border in April, the second month in a row the number has topped 100,000.

In a dramatic moment, more than 1,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended by border agents near the U.S.-Mexico border last week -- the largest ever group of migrants ever apprehended at a single time, sources told Fox News. The group of 1,036 illegal immigrants found in the El Paso sector included migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, according to sources.

The Trump administration has heavily focused on asylum law reforms, making the current reported Mexican overtures in that area particularly important. Asylum law, conservatives point out, is intended to shield individuals from near-certain death or persecution on account of limited factors like religious or political affiliation — not poor living conditions and economic despair.

Last year, the Justice Department eliminated gang violence and domestic abuse as a possible justification for seeking asylum.

Most asylum applicants are ultimately rejected for having an insufficient or unfounded personalized fear of persecution, following a full hearing of their case before an asylum officer or an immigration judge.

Fox News' John Roberts and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Ha! I thought the problem was "unsolvable"?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Ha! I thought the problem was "unsolvable"?

Funny what can be accomplished with the right motivation :lol:

[Muddy]

Trumps the president we need.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

How could this have worked :shock: