POTUS plans a tariff on Mexico to encourage their help with stopping illegal aliens

President Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to place a tariff on all Mexican goods until they help us with the illegal immigration crisis by curbing the flow of illegals coming here.

In a series of tweets, [naturally] the president revealed the “big league” [not bigly] announcement on immigration that he teased about Thursday morning:

“On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase util the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied, at which time Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow.”

Not once in the above tweet, and to his credit, did President Trump resort to a loud, perhaps misused, exclamation mark.

The White House followed up the president’s tweets with an official presidential statement announcing the decision and they too did not resort to the often overused exclamation mark.

“Should Mexico choose not to cooperate on reducing unlawful migration, the sustained imposition of Tariffs will produce a massive return of jobs back to American cities and towns,” the president stated, arguing that Mexico has passively allowed a mass influx of illegal immigrants continue to the U.S., despite their ability to stop them.

The President is invoking executive authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose the tariffs. This follows the national emergency declaration he made in February to help gather funding for the southern border wall.

Trump has previously accused Mexico of failing to properly enforce immigration laws. This created some of the highest levels of illegal immigration to the U.S. in a decade as the Democrats have tried to tie his hands to prevent the building of a wall, their refusal to provide funds for more accommodations for those who enter the United States, and increasing the border security force.

This year, he has started returning asylum-seekers back to Mexico to wait there while their cases are adjudicated, which has become known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy.

If Mexico fails to adequately curb illegal immigration according to the president’s judgment, the 5% tariff will be increased by five percentage points each month, hitting a maximum of 25% in October. Then he plans to nuke Mexico City if they continue to refuse to comply. 

Just kidding.

“If Mexico fails to act, Tariffs will remain at the high level, and companies located in Mexico may start moving back to the United States to make their products and goods. Companies that relocate to the United States will not pay the Tariffs or be affected in any way,” Trump said. This will, of course, significantly raise the prices of goods and will unintentionally hurt the American consumer. But hopefully it will be a temporary measure.

Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kevin McAleenan told reporters in a briefing call Thursday evening that the administration believes there are tangible things Mexico can do to help deter migrants, but waterboarding them is not an option.

McAleenan pointed out three specific points: boosting operational border security on Mexico’s border with Guatemala, attacking transnational smuggling operations, and working with the U.S. on asylum laws.

Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney [aka Michael Mulvaney] revealed on the call that congressional Republicans were briefed on the plan before it was announced and were largely supportive except for the usual suspects.

Mulvaney also downplayed the idea that placing a universal tariff on Mexico could threaten the president’s negotiated trade deal with Mexico and Canada, calling the immigration-based tariff “separate” from the USMCA.

We shall see what happens at this point, but Robert Mueller was still unavailable for comment but Robert De Niro was and said that he "still would like to punch Trump in the f***ing mouth."

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Disease at our border--an inconvenient fact for liberals

Over 2,000 migrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody have been quarantined due to an outbreak of mumps and other diseases, and this number has spiked over the last year. For the previous two years, ICE had not encountered even one case of mumps among the detainee population.

"As of March 7, 2019, there was a total of 2,287 detainees cohorted for exposure to a detainee with a contagious condition," said ICE spokesperson Brendan Raedy in a statement.

In the past year, there have been health investigations at 51 ICE detention facilities for mumps, chickenpox and influenza, according to Raedy. There have been 236 reported cases of mumps, with another 16 suspected cases during this time period.

Mumps is a contagious virus typically spread through saliva and mucus. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, loss of appetite and puffiness around the cheeks and jaw from swollen salivary glands.

Last year, there were 423 people documented with influenza and 461 people with chickenpox in ICE custody, according to the agency.

But from January 2016 to February 2018, there were zero notifications of mumps, and only 73 of chickenpox and 34 of influenza, indicating a serious increase and what one can categorize a crisis.

"ICE takes very seriously the health, safety and welfare of those in our care. ICE is committed to ensuring the welfare of all those in the agency's custody, including providing access to necessary and appropriate medical care," Raedy said in a statement.

Since October, 186 Texas detainees across the state contracted mumps ranging in age from 13 to 66 years old. "They should be in isolation," Dr. David Persse of Houston's public health authority said. "To some degree, this is foreseeable, because you're bringing a lot of people and housing them in tight spaces for long periods," he added.

In December, CBP mandated secondary medical reviews of all children, after two Guatemalan children died after being in Border Protection custody.

The deaths of a 7-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy in CBP custody in December drew fierce criticism with Democrats and a number of immigrant-rights groups dramatically claimed the agency has blood on its hands.

ICE said that comprehensive medical care is provided to everyone in custody, including access to nurses, physicians, and to 24-hour emergency care.

Illegal aliens who cross the border are usually transferred from Border Protection custody to ICE custody for further processing or release.

For some reason [LOL] the left fails to make the connection between our border crisis and the huge measles and infectious disease outbreak the nation has been experiencing.

For example, a recent article from Reuters ("Mumps, other outbreaks force U.S. detention centers to quarantine over 2,000 migrants") failed to make the obvious connection, although it spoke in explicit detail about detained aliens who were quarantined because of exposure to vaccine-preventable diseases. The key paragraph in that article (from my perspective) states:

ICE health officials have been notified of 236 confirmed or probable cases of mumps among detainees in 51 facilities in the past 12 months, compared to no cases detected between January 2016 and February 2018. Last year, 423 detainees were determined to have influenza and 461 to have chicken pox. All three diseases are largely preventable by vaccine.

Unfortunately, the article doesn't focus on whether most or any of those detainees had mumps, influenza, or chicken pox at the time that they were taken into custody. 

That would appear to be kind of, you know, important.

Instead, the article focuses on the response of ICE to those potentially exposed to those diseases and the effect of quarantines on the ability of those detainees to appear in court.

In FY 2018, the Yuma, Arizona sector [of the Border Patrol] incurred over $700,000 in medical care costs to cover 1,700 aliens who were apprehended and who had to be transported to the hospital. 

If this isn't a border crisis as well as a public health crisis, then what is?

The changing demographic of migrants who are illegally entering the United States, (unaccompanied alien children [UAC]) and "family units" from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador,  heightens the danger that such diseases will make their way to this country. [I use scare quotes for "family units" due to the fact that in many cases, there are no familial ties between the adults and children crossing the border.]

A recent article in the Washington Times, "Number of sick kids soars at border; tuberculosis, flu, infections land migrants in hospitals" states:

Border authorities are referring 50 people a day for urgent medical care, including tuberculosis, flu and even pregnant women about to give birth, a top official said Monday, saying it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. 

Most of those in need of care are children, and a staggering 28 percent are under age 5, having been dragged along for the trip by parents who in many cases are hoping to use the children as a shield against speedy deportation from the U.S.

This article was written after the two children [mentioned above] died in U.S. border agent custody.

CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said most of those who needed help were already sick when they arrived at the border, and some appear to have made the initial decision to leave their country in spite of being sick at the time.

“Many were ill before they departed their homes,” McAleenan said. “We’re talking about cases of pneumonia, tuberculosis, parasites. These are not things that developed urgently in a matter of days.”

Now there's a new trend in the traffic coming from Central America. Smugglers are using commercial buses that take under a week for illegal aliens to get to the border, far faster than the month it used to take by walking and hitching rides. This makes it easier for the sick people to make the journey. McAleenan said the faster trips provides "confidence for parents to bring younger children."

We have a real crisis at the border and it's multifaceted. 

It isn't just about illegal aliens sneaking into our country, taking our jobs, doing criminal activities, and using our tax dollars from our entitlements to which they never contributed. They are also bringing communicable diseases and we need to have better control of this for the protection of our own people. To deny this problem is to deny the facts of the reality.

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BREAKING/UPDATE: DHS Nielsen tenders her resignation

UPDATE: According to CBS News, Nielsen's resignation came abruptly as President Trump

"continues to fume over continued illegal border crossings. CBS News first reported Nielsen's impending departure, which Mr. Trump confirmed in a tweet after a 5 p.m. meeting with Nielsen at the White House."

Nielsen's departure is a part of an enormous DHS overhaul engineered and directed by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, according to some anonymous [of course] senior U.S. official. 

But Nielsen's tenure since she was confirmed in December 2017 hasn't always been great. President Trump had been taking some of his frustrations over illegal immigration out on her. and there were questions about whether she might leave for months. 

"This afternoon I submitted my resignation to @POTUS and thanked him for the opportunity to serve in his administration. It's been an honor of a lifetime to serve with the brave men and women of @DHSgov," Nielsen wrote in her resignation letter, which she tweeted Sunday evening. "I could not be prouder of and more humbled by their service, dedication, and commitment to keep our country safe from all threats and hazards."

President Trump announced late Sunday afternoon that DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen "will be leaving her position" after having served 16 months in the position. It's understood that the President asked her to submit her resignation and he plans to announce that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will be replacing her, at least on a temporary basis.

Trump tweeted:

 "I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!"

Sunday's meeting took place amid an ongoing crap load of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that has been putting major stress on our immigration system and sparking frustration within the White House.

On Friday, Trump confirmed he withdrew the nomination of acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Ron Vitiello to become the permanent head of the agency, telling reporters that "Ron’s a good man, but we’re going in a tougher direction, we want to go in a tougher direction."

Ron may have told President Trump that he didn't like his tie which prompted the tougher decision situation.

Nielsen skipped last week's meeting of interior ministers from the Group of Seven, in Paris, to deal with the migration crisis, which she has compared to the aftermath of a Category 5 hurricane.

She also has taken to social media in recent days, tweeting that Congress must give border and immigration officials the tools and resources needed to "fulfill our humanitarian and security mission." Of course, she totally correct and if you want to blame anyone for the crisis on the border, blame the Democrats who refuse to fund CBP.

Nielsen visited El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, marking her first stop on a border tour aimed at assessing the surge of migrants and the department's response. "Our system and facilities were never structured to withstand the current influx of immigrants," she said.

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Border authorities use tear gas to stop migrant charge at southern border

"Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Border Protection officers to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego from on Tuesday. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves over to agents."

They don't want to wait in line. They don't want to follow the law. They want to enter the U.S. by charging the border.

They put the lives of their children in danger because they know it's easier on them if they drag a child along. So far, two of the children didn't make it and died. So far, over 250 children are ill and of these, about half are under the age of five.

The U.S. Border Protection has its hands full and that's what the illegal aliens are counting on--overwhelming the agents who guard our borders and charge into the country as if it is their right to do so. 

Now U.S. Border Protection had to use tear gas to keep the illegal aliens out and on the Mexican side of the border.

The new year brought continued tensions along the U.S.-Mexico border as U.S. authorities fired tear gas at migrants from the Central American caravan that has gathered there with about 150 illegal aliens, to keep them from breaching the border fence with Tijuana, Mexico.

An Associated Press photographer witnessed at least three volleys of gas launched onto the Mexican side of the border near Tijuana’s beach early Tuesday. It affected the migrants, including women and children, as well as members of the press. This is what tear gas was designed to do--affect people who would otherwise break the law, especially the rock-throwers on the Mexican side who tried to prevent agents from helping children being passed over the concertina barb wire, as per U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP). Agents said 25 migrants were detained.

Migrants who spoke with AP said they arrived last month with the caravan from Honduras.

Such clashes have been common as the migrants, who have put their names on a waiting list that is thousands of names long, have grown restless, with some opting to force their way across the border, unlike the rest of the U.S. immigrants who legally applied for citizenship and waited their turn.

USCBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said last year that the Border Patrol’s use-of-force policy allows agents to use tear gas and other nonlethal methods. Rubber bullets would do a better job, but that's not allowed.

In November, after a group of migrants tried to rush the border, McAleenan defended the use of tear gas: “As the events unfolded, quick, decisive and effective action prevented an extremely dangerous situation.”

President Trump is trying to get Democrats to negotiate over building a border wall. After all, John Kerry has a wall around a family home in France and is doing his best to keep it there while the residents want it down.

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Migrant illness rampant: forces US Border Patrol to seek help

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." -- Donald J. Trump

And now they're bringing their sickest people, especially their children.

In the seven days through Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) reported 451 cases referred to physicians or other providers, including 259 children. Among the children, half of the cases involved kids under the age of five!

Hundreds of migrants and their kids seeking to enter the U.S. from Mexico are arriving with illnesses, forcing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seek additional medical assistance and boost medical screenings, the agency disclosed Monday.

The sick migrants have been arriving with a myriad of ailments, many with flu or pneumonia that is often pervasive and dangerous, especially at this time of year. Seventeen migrants have been hospitalized, including six children, according to the agency.

"The U.S. Border Patrol is doing everything in its power to handle this crisis," Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said in a statement. However he added, "The status quo is not acceptable" given the wave of immigrants arriving. Something needs to change.

Disclosure of the numbers of sick migrants come amid heightened concern about the medical condition of children in U.S. custody. Previously, the agency disclosed an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in custody on Christmas, the second immigrant child to pass away in detention this month.

The boy, Felipe Gomez Alonzo, had been treated and released to his father for cold and fever symptoms during nearly a week in U.S. custody, the agency said.

The Border Patrol has been receiving assistance from the Coast Guard, which has sent medical teams to the border in the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona, and Rio Grande Valley sectors of the border. The Public Health Service also said it will deploy teams to assist.

The Border Patrol is changing procedures to enhance medical evaluations of children. Parents are being interviewed about their children's medical condition and history and kids' blood pressure, pulse and temperature are among the vitals being checked by assessment teams, McAleenan told reporters in a conference call.

He said he believes the illness were likely contracted in transit to the U.S., not while in U.S. custody. 

But if anyone is to blame, it's the parents, not ICE or USCBP.

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CBS anchor tries to blame DHS official on child's death. He asks: 'Um, have you heard of doctors?'

The Leftist media is doing all it can to frame DHS with the death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died coming across the border.

On Wednesday, CBS "news" anchors pummeled U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan with questions, all of which attempted to put the blame for the child's death on his agency.

However, McAleenan made it clear that the decision to release the boy from the hospital was a decision made by the hospital professional medical staff, certainly not that of DHS. Any idiot should be aware of that save for CBS news, it appears.

Co-anchor Dana Jacobson’s first question to McAleenan: “In our reporting earlier, Commissioner, it was that the child had a 103-degree fever earlier in the day. Why bring a sick child back to a detention center instead of keeping him at the hospital?” 

McAneenan replied, “That’s a call made by the medical professionals.”

As Newsbusters notes, Jacobson apparently couldn’t process McAleenan’s answer, so she pressed: “But are you satisfied with the medical conditions and facilities, I guess, resources – that are available at these detention centers? Should sick children come back into your custody there?”

McAleenan, stifling his exasperation, replied: “I’ve explained to Congress, I’ve testified on this, I’ve talked about it publicly for months and months,” before explaining in detail what Jacobson apparently couldn’t understand.

Later in the segment, CBS News correspondent and author Tony Dokoupil implied other illegal immigrant children might have died after being held by DHS, saying, “I'm curious. We know of two children who’ve died in the past month. Can you guarantee us that there are not more children that we have not heard about that have also passed away?”

Dokoupil obviously was trying to get him to confess that somehow it's the poor facilities of the United States that caused the deaths of the children, not the irresponsible behavior of the caretakers of these children who hauled them thousands of miles on a dangerous journey.

Let's be clear--if you drag your kid thousands of miles through dangerous territory and sadly he or she dies from the journey, do you really believe the blame goes to the people who have tried to render care and may have failed, or to the idiots who bring the children into the danger?

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