A Republican senator who is pushing legislation to tax remittances that Mexican citizens in the United States send to Mexico described Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s campaign to guide Mexicans from paying the taxes as a “desperate” move.

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) blasted first-term Sheinbaum in a statement to the Washington Examiner for how she vowed to fight back against a 1% tax that Congress had authorized to be imposed on money sent to people outside the U.S. under the One Big, Beautiful Bill.