Mick Mulvaney said Trump isn't joking around with tariffs on Mexican goods
The president tweeted last week the tariff would "gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied." The White House later clarified the tariff would increase to 10 percent on July 1; 15 percent on Aug. 1; 20 percent on Sept. 1; and 25 percent on Oct. 1.
"The reason we're doing things people don't expect is that we're facing things at the border we never experienced before," Mulvaney said on NBC. "We're using extraordinary tools because there is extraordinary circumstances that dictate those." Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan also defended the use of tariffs to deter illegal immigration on Sunday, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union."
"I think what the president said, what the White House has made clear is we need a vast reduction in the numbers crossing," McAleenan said. He listed various benchmarks where the U.S and Mexico can work together to decrease the flow of illegal immigration, including "going after" those transporting migrants and profiting, and "partnering and coordinating on asylum and how we treat people that actually need protections coming from Central America."
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