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the president’s ‘emergency’ tariffs on mexican goods, explained

In February, after a standoff with House Democrats over funding for his border wall caused a record-breaking government shutdown, Trump declared that illegal migration and drug smuggling along the southern border had created a “national emergency” there, enabling him to redirect billions..

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