President Trump slammed Mexico for not doing enough to stop people attempting to get to the U.S. from entering their country and appeared to tie the continuation of a major trade deal to funding his border wall.
“Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!” Trump tweeted.
Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2018
Trump Sunday appeared riled by reports of a caravan of migrant workers — mainly Hondurans — marching through Mexico toward the U.S. border. He earlier appeared to end negotiations over a deal for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to stay in the country legally.
Trump’s central campaign promise was that he would build a wall along the southern border with Mexico and that the Mexican people would pay for it. While Congress has been appropriating money for the wall, Trump maintains Mexico will still pay for the wall in some way.
Trump also promised to end the North American Free Trade Agreement during the campaign, but has since decided to renegotiate the deal.
