Trump makes big claim about his Mexico deal that isn't backed up on paper
President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal reached with Mexico on immigration includes that country’s commitment to purchase large quantities of agricultural products from U.S. farmers. In reality, however, that agreement isn’t anywhere in the joint declaration both countries issued.
The text does not mention U.S. agriculture or U.S.-Mexico trade.
That didn’t stop Trump from selling the agreement as a victory for U.S. farmers on Twitter, declaring in an all-caps statement that Mexico will “immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural product from our great patriot farmers.”
As part of the agreement, Mexico will do two main things. First, Mexico will itake unprecedented steps to increase [immigration] enforcement,” including by deploying the National Guard throughout the country and “giving priority to its southern border,” where migrants from Central America typically enter the country. Second, Mexico will participate in an expanded implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as Remain in Mexico, which requires those seeking asylum in the United States to be returned to Mexico, where they will wait until a decision has been made on their case.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mexico-deal-prevent-tariffs-immigration-enforcement-agriculture-us-farmers-81a9e0d71aec/
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