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Commentary: Trump's hardball tactics could implode Mexico's immigration system

Despite the last-minute deal between the United States and Mexico, President Donald Trump continues to hold out the threat of across-the-board tariffs if the number of Central American migrants arriving at the U.S. border isn't significantly reduced in the coming months.

Playing hardball with Mexico scores Trump points with his political supporters, but it could backfire horribly as immigration policy. A southern neighbor with an economy wrecked by trade barriers and overwhelmed by Central American migration is recipe for a humanitarian

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