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Anti-Immigration Measure

US to hit Mexico with new tariffs

Afp, Washington
Washington will impose a five percent tariff on all goods from Mexico - increasing to as much as 25 percent - until "illegal migrants" stop coming through the country into the US, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
"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," he wrote.
According to a White House statement, the tariff will rise to 10 percent on July 1, then increase by five percent increments each month until topping out at 25 percent on October 1.
"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 said.
“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," it said.
The announcement came the same day that Trump kick-started the process of ratifying the new North American trade pact with Mexico and Canada - an agreement that now may be under threat.
MEXICO RESPONDS
The tariffs would have severe consequences on Mexico, which sends 80 percent of its exports to the United States.
Mexico's president said yesterday the country is "doing our job” to stop the flow of undocumented migrants to the United States, warning Donald Trump that hitting his neighbour with tariffs would be a lose-lose game.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador repeated his call for calm and dialogue in response to Trump's explosive announcement Thursday night.
"No good can come of coercive measures.... These (tariffs) would not be good for Mexicans, but they would not be good for Americans either," said Obrador.
"We have to act prudently.... We are going to insist very much on dialogue," he added, saying he had already sent a delegation to Washington for talks, led by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
Obrador refrained from mentioning possible retaliatory measures.
Earlier, Mexico's top diplomat for North America had harsher words on the move, describing it as "disastrous" and vowing to respond "vigorously" if it is implemented.
Trump's announcement came a day after border agents in El Paso, Texas detained the largest single group of migrants they had ever encountered - 1,036 people.
The group crossed the Rio Grande River from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, illustrating the mounting problem that Trump's administration has been unable to get under control.
The El Paso group comprised entire families, 39 single adults and 63 unaccompanied minors, all from Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
"The apprehension of 1,036 individuals in a single group - the largest group ever encountered by Border Patrol agents - demonstrates the severity of the border security and humanitarian crisis at our Southwest border," said Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez.
The number of migrants apprehended has topped 100,000 a month in recent months.
They are mostly people fleeing poverty and violence in Central America to ask for asylum once they arrive on US soil.
Trump has consistently demonized the migrants as criminals and gang members, and warned that illegal drugs are flowing across the border.
"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," the White House said.
"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."
White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney would not specify what sort of decrease in migrant crossings would lead to the tariffs being lifted, saying only, "We are going to judge success here by the number of people crossing the border and that number needs to start coming down immediately in a significant and substantial number.”