Far-Left Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to impose tariffs on the United States in a letter addressed to President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday as she blamed her country’s problems on the U.S.
Sheinbaum’s letter came in response to Trump saying in a statement on Monday that the U.S. would impose a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada until they stopped drugs and illegal aliens from reaching America’s borders.
The 62-year-old threatened in her letter that “for every tariff, there will be a response in kind, until we put at risk our shared enterprises.”
She said that “dialogue is the best path” to resolving problems facing the two nations.
“Even so, it is clear that we must work together to create a new labor mobility model that is necessary for your country, as well as address the root causes that compel families to leave their homes out of necessity,” she claimed. “If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering development, it would address the underlying causes of human mobility.”
She claimed that Mexico has “consistently expressed its willingness to help prevent the fentanyl epidemic in the United States from continuing,” even though the Mexican government has failed to deliver any kind of significant results. She correctly noted that the precursor chemicals arrive in Mexico from countries overseas, but she failed to name the main culprit — China — opting instead to say they come from “Asian countries.”
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She blamed the violence in her country on weapons that come from America. “We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs,” she said. “Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours.”
She claimed that Mexico had reduced the number of illegal aliens reaching the U.S. southern border by 75% and that half of those who do arrive do so using the Biden administration’s CBP One App.
“For these reasons, migrant caravans no longer arrive at the border,” she claimed, after more than 10 million illegal aliens entered the U.S. southern border from Mexico over the last few years.
Former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad Wolf said earlier this year that the Biden administration was masking the true number of illegal aliens entering the U.S. by using the CBP One App.
“In June 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration said Border Patrol apprehended 84,000 illegal aliens–allegedly the lowest since they took office,” Wolf said in a post on X. “But there is MUCH MORE to this story.”
Wolf then explained what the administration was not telling the public.
“In addition to the 84,000 illegal crossings in June: 1⃣ 47,000 illegal aliens were encountered at ports of entry, using the CBP One app to schedule their unlawful entry,” he posted on X. “2⃣ Approximately 56,000 ‘gotaways’ evaded Border Patrol and disappeared into American communities.”
“3⃣ Approximately 30,000 illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were provided parole and allowed to fly into the country through their preferred airport,” he continued. “Altogether, around 215,000 illegal aliens unlawfully crossed our borders in June—not 84,000—which the Biden-Harris Administration wants you to believe.”
In addition to the 84,000 illegal crossings in June:
1⃣ 47,000 illegal aliens were encountered at ports of entry, using the CBP One app to schedule their unlawful entry.
2⃣ Approximately 56,000 “gotaways” evaded Border Patrol and disappeared into American communities.
3⃣…— Chad Wolf (@ChadFWolf) August 14, 2024