Last week President Trump once again indicated that his plan to place tariffs on Mexico and China were connected to his efforts to control illegal immigration and the flow of drugs over the border.
“Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels,” he said. “A large percentage of these Drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China.” He added that the levies were necessary until the flow of drugs “stops, or is seriously limited.”
That all lines up with a fact sheet the White House published on Feb. 1 about the plan to introduce tariffs:
ADDRESSING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION: The extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl, constitutes a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
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