I can understand frustration that everything hasn't already been done. I see the consequences in my business. In the grand scheme of things 3 months is an incredibly short time frame and the pressure Mexico is feeling is immense. They know full well that tariffs would devastate their economy. We are their largest trading partner and is the USCM ever is approved we will both benefit greatly. Also, they don't want to be stuck with first safe nation status because they can't handle the burden.
Trump deserves our support and praise. He's done more with less help than any POTUS I can recall.
Trump deserves our support and praise when warranted. Patting him on the back because people will supposedly be in some kind of a holding pattern, before being granting asylum, is not one of them. Once asylum is granted, they are eligible to apply for citizenship within 5 years. That isn't curtailing those wanting to come here, it is continuing to invite them in!!!
Slapping tariffs on Mexico WILL hurt our economy as well. There is no doubt. That's not even the issue. The issue is he is doing NOTHING to de-incentivize those that want to come here. Instead ... he has agreed to allow the UN to place those seeking asylum; which includes the U.S. That's an invitation for ILLEGALS to keep coming.
With his declaration of a national emergency, he should have shut down the border and declared a moratorium on ALL migration and ALL asylum until further notice, and also announced that those coming across WILL be considered an enemy of the U.S.
Secondly, and most importantly, he needs to stop back pedaling every time he makes a threat; it makes him look very weak and other countries are learning to call his bluff; obviously so, because we now have ILLEGALS coming in from 50 different countries!