Mexican president sends delegation after Trump threatens tariffs over illegal immigration

Published May 31, 2019 3:44pm ET



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.

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