Two days after newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new high tariffs on Canada and Mexico as part of efforts to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, he stated that he had spoken with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and that “she agreed to stop migration through Mexico.”
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social last night, Trump said that the “southern border of the U.S. will actually be closed” and that he had a very productive conversation with the Mexican president.
Mexican President Sheinbaum confirmed that she had spoken with Trump and mentioned that they had an excellent discussion.
“We talked about Mexico’s strategy on migration issues, and I told him that caravans do not reach the northern border (with the U.S.) because Mexico is taking care of them,” Sheinbaum wrote on social media.
“We also discussed strengthening cooperation on security issues within our sovereignty and the campaign we are conducting to prevent fentanyl consumption,” she wrote.
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According to the AP, it is unclear how this conversation will affect Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs.
On Monday, Trump said that he would impose tariffs of 25% on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders after taking office on January 20.
In announcing these plans on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticized the large influx of migrants coming illegally into the U.S., even though the number of apprehended illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico southern border is at a four-year low, according to AP.
The number of illegal migrants crossing the Mexican border has dropped partly because the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden secured increased cooperation to stop migration from Mexico, which appears to be what Trump is now celebrating.
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