US Should Focus on Rights Concerns in Tariffs Deal with Mexico

Expand Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas, Friday, May 31, 2019. © 2019 Christian Torrez/AP Photo The US Congress should urgently turn its attention to the impact of a new agreement between Mexico and the Trump administration aimed at reducing the number of migrants coming to the United States’ southern border. The deal, struck after President Trump threatened last month to levy a five percent tariff on Mexico, raises…

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