Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Filemon Vela (TX-34) released a statement in response to President Trump’s announcement to impose a 5% tariff on all imported goods from Mexico.

“Trump’s declaration of 5% tariffs on products imported from Mexico as a migration bargaining chip is clearly insane, but in no way surprising. This is one more erratic and nonsensical action from an accidental President whose approach to problem solving is to create a problem to extort a solution.  His multiyear obsession with border wall funding at the expense of all other rational security measures has clearly resulted in a border policy that is an abysmal failure. His administration’s recent decision to strip Customs officers of their usual roles as caretakers of the flow of legitimate trade and travel, at our southern border has drastically stymied critical international business traffic.  This latest tariff decision is equally drastic and makes no sense. Congress should impeach Trump now, and if we don’t, the voters will in November 2020.”

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