WASHINGTON: Top administration officials said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexican imports would not interfere with the finalization of a North American trade pact and were designed to force Mexico's hand in immigration talks.
"We need Mexico to step up and do more. And these crossings into Mexico are happening at a 150-mile stretch of their Southern border," McAleenan said on CNN's"State of the Union"."This is a controllable area. We need them to put their authorities down there and interdict these folks before they make this route all the way to the U.S."
Trump, who is eager to use immigration as an issue for his 2020 re-election campaign, as he did during his 2016 White House bid, has grown increasingly agitated about the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Trump administration has made passing the trade agreement a priority. After Trump's announcement on Thursday, a top U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said it was"definitely a roadblock to securing passage of USMCA."
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