Trump plans to declare new national emergency to impose tariffs

President Trump is prepared to declare a new national emergency in order to implement sweeping tariffs on Mexico over the flow of Central American migrants to the U.S., according to a draft document of the declaration reviewed by The Hill.

According to the document, the new emergency is necessary due to “the failure of the Government of Mexico to take effective action to reduce the mass migration of aliens illegally crossing into the United States through Mexico,” a situation that constitutes “an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the U.S.

“I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat,” the document reads.

View the complete June 6 article by Rafael Bernal and Jordan Fabian on The Hill website.