Commentary: President's tactics seal a deal on migration — but at a cost
President Donald Trump's latest trade-related pyrotechnics, threatening escalatory tariff threats on all of Mexico's exports if the country does not take new action to stymie the flow of illegal immigration, appear to have induced new action on border security by Mexico. Yet Trump's tactics, particularly if continued, are likely to have long-term consequences for the U.S.-Mexico relationship.
The aggressive tariff threats corrode a vital economic and security partnership. This tactic and Trump's myopic focus on illegal immigration sideline a host of critical U.S. priorities in the bilateral relationship, such as countering
