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Donald Trump is already having an impact on illegal immigration, and he hasn’t even taken office yet.
His hardline rhetoric on illegal immigration and tariff threats changes are pressuring Mexico to crack down on migrant caravans heading to the U.S. with officials there scrambling to avoid economic retaliation from the president-elect.
Inrecentweeks,MexicohasintensifiedeffortstodismantlecaravansofmigrantsmakingtheirwaytotheU.S.border.Migrantstravelinginlargegroupsoftenrelyonsafetyinnumbers,butMexicoisusingastrategyofdispersingthesegroupsthroughoutthecountrytopreventthemfromreachingtheborder.
“Facedwiththeprospectofmassivetariffsongoodsunderthenewadministration,MexicohasbeendispersingmigrantsthroughoutthecountrytokeepthemfarfromtheU.S.border,includingdroppingthemoffattheoncevibranttouristhotspotofAcapulco,abeachresorttownonMexico’sPacificcoastmadefamousbythejetsetinthe1950sand’60s,”reportsFoxNews.
ThesemovescomeasTrumprepeatedlythreatenstoimposea25%tariffonMexicanimportsiftheflowofillegalmigrationisn’tdra
