Trump: Compelling Mexico to Pay for the Wall
Compelling Mexico to Pay for the Wall
Introduction: The provision of the Patriot Act, Section 326 - the "know your customer" provision, compelling financial institutions to demand identity documents before opening accounts or conducting financial transactions is a fundamental element of the outline below. That section authorized the executive branch to issue detailed regulations on the subject, found at 31 CFR 130.120-121. It's an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year. There are several ways to compel Mexico to pay for the wall including the following:
On day 1 promulgate a "proposed rule" (regulation) amending 31 CFR 130.121 to redefine applicable financial institutions to include money transfer companies like Western Union, and redefine "account" to include wire transfers. Also include in the proposed rule a requirement that no alien may wire money outside of the United States unless the alien first provides a document establishing his lawful presence in the United States.
On day 2 Mexico will immediately protest. They receive approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States. The majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens. It serves as de facto welfare for poor families in Mexico. There is no significant social safety net provided by the state in Mexico.
On day 3 tell Mexico that if the Mexican government will contribute the funds needed to the United States to pay for the wall, the Trump Administration will not promulgate the final rule, and the regulation will not go into effect.
Trade tariffs, or enforcement of existing trade rules: There is no doubt that Mexico is engaging in unfair subsidy behavior that has eliminated thousands of U.S. jobs, and which we are obligated to respond to; the impact of any tariffs on the price imports will be more than offset by the economic and income gains of increased production in the United States, in addition to revenue from any tariffs themselves. Mexico needs access to our markets much more than the reverse, so we have all the leverage and will win the negotiation. By definition, if you have a large trade deficit with a nation, it means they are selling far more to you than the reverse - thus they, not you, stand to lose from enforcing trade rules through tariffs (as has been done to save many U.S. industries in the past).
Cancelling visas: Immigration is a privilege, not a right. Mexico is totally dependent on the United States as a release valve for its own poverty - our approvals of hundreds of thousands of visas to their nationals every year is one of our greatest leverage points. We also have leverage through business and tourist visas for important people in the Mexican economy. Keep in mind, the United States has already taken in 4X more migrants than any other country on planet earth, producing lower wages and higher unemployment for our own citizens and recent migrants.
Visa fees: Even a small increase in visa fees would pay for the wall. This includes fees on border crossing cards, of which more than 1 million are issued a year. The border-crossing card is also one of the greatest sources of illegal immigration into the United States, via overstays. Mexico is also the single largest recipient of U.S. green cards, which confer a path to U.S. citizenship. Again, we have the leverage so Mexico will back down.
Conclusion: Mexico has taken advantage of us in another way as well: gangs, drug traffickers and cartels have freely exploited our open borders and committed vast numbers of crimes inside the United States. The United States has borne the extraordinary daily cost of this criminal activity, including the cost of trials and incarcerations. Not to mention the even greater human cost. We have the moral high ground here, and all the leverage. It is time we use it in order to Make America Great Again.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/pay-for-the-wall
Donald Trump Releases Plan to Make Mexico Pay for Border Wall
by ALEX SWOYER
5 Apr 2016
Washington, DC
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump explains how he plans to force Mexico to pay for his proposed border wall in a two-page memo to The Washington Post.
“In the memo, Trump said he would threaten to change a rule under the USA Patriot Act antiterrorism law to cut off a portion of the funds sent to Mexico through money transfers, commonly known as remittances,” the Post reports. “The threat would be withdrawn if Mexico made ‘a one-time payment of $5-10 billion’ to pay for the border wall, he wrote.”
“It’s an easy decision for Mexico,” Trump states in the memo.
According to the Post, Mexicans living outside their home country sent roughly $25 billion home in 2015. Trump writes in the memo that “the majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens.” However, the Post notes the $25 billion includes cash from all over the world – not solely from the United States.
Economists told the Post that this flow of cash is vital for the Mexican economy.
The memo also suggests increased trade tariffs, visa cancelations and increasing border-crossing card fees could help aid in the plan to make Mexico pay for the wall.
Trump has predicted the border wall would cost roughly $8 billion.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...l-remittances/
Obama Blasts Donald Trump’s ‘Half-Baked’ Proposal to Pay for Border Wall
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by CHARLIE SPIERING
5 Apr 2016
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President Obama was taken aback by a question about Donald Trump.
“Oh no,” he replied when ABC News reporter Mary Bruce asked him about Trump’s foreign policy. Obama had been discussing corporate tax loopholes.
In his answer, the president specifically focused on Trump’s proposal to block billions of dollars in remittances sent by immigrants to Mexico unless the country helped pay for a wall securing the Southern border.
“The implications with respect to ending remittances, many of which are from illegal immigrants and have individuals who are sending money back to their families, are enormous,” Obama said, calling the proposal “impractical.”
“The notion that we are going to track every Western Union, you know, bit of money that’s sent to Mexico, you know, good luck with that,” he shot back.
Obama warned that if the Mexican economy collapsed as a result of a payment blockade, more immigrants would likely flood into the United States.
“This is just one more example of something that is not thought through and is primarily put forward for political consumption,” Obama said, referring to Trump. He warned that serious problems faced the world who looked to the United States to successfully tackle them.
“They don’t expect half-baked notions coming out of the White House,” he said. “We can’t afford that. All right?”
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid...osal-pay-wall/
