US President Donald Trump announced intentions late Thursday to issue a 5 percent tariff on all goods entering the US from Mexico.
The president’s tariff is being issued in response to his perception that migrants from Latin America are continuously crossing the border into the US. Immigration has been a major issue for Trump since his 2016 campaign where he claimed the US would “build a wall” and “Mexico was going to pay for it.” The president has attempted on a few occasions to acquire funds from Congress, but has failed each time, which led to a government shutdown earlier this year.
