OPINION:
President Trump is right to try to impose a 5-percent tariff on Mexican goods (“Mexico: Talks and more talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs,” Web, June 6). The planned tariff will increase to 25 percent on Oct. 1 if the Mexican government does not remedy the crisis at the border — a crisis that consists of illegals pouring over the border into the United States in record numbers.
Mr. Trump has no alternative to stem the damage, welfare costs, disease, crime and drugs that are inundating the United States. He has received no help from the Democrats in effecting legislation fixes to the present law or from activist liberal judges who prevent and stop his bans and other preventive orders.
The damage to the United States from these huge numbers of illegal immigrants far exceeds the damage to the consumer from the new tariff.
BOB JACK
North Las Vegas, Nev.
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