If Donald Trump’s aggressive posture toward Mexico on trade causes the Mexican economy to suffer, incentives for illegal immigration into the US will increase. To recap: After signing an executive order this week that directed (but did not fund) the construction of a wall across the southern border, Trump reiterated his demand that Mexico pay for the construction. The illegal migration of Mexicans is decidedly negative.”Also Read| Donald Trump’s Mexico border wall will be bad for Earth, scientists warnObviously, if Trump’s aggressive posture toward Mexico on trade causes the Mexican economy to suffer, incentives for illegal immigration into the US will increase. If a future wall must be circumvented, the US has 95,000 miles of shoreline and thousands of airports. (When I asked a few Border Patrol agents in Texas what they most wanted, they said “paved roads.”)But Trump wants a wall.

Source: Mint January 27, 2017 14:25 UTC