The former president of US, Donald Trump has said he would reverse president Joe Biden’s crackdown on illegal border crossings.
Trump on Thursday said he would reverse the order if he won the election forthcoming election.
He also threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not stem the flow of migrants into the United States, as he seeks to make electoral capital on an issue polls show resonates with voters.
Trump said “On Day One of my administration, I will be rescinding Crooked Joe’s outrageous executive order,” he told the cheering crowd, blasting it — without evidence — as “pro-invasion, pro-child trafficking… pro-drug dealers.”
“And I will terminate every single open borders policy of the Biden administration.”
When asked by an audience member at an event in the must-win state of Arizona what he would do to shut off the flow of people entering the US via the southern border — including migrants from China and the Middle East — Trump said he would use economic measures.
He said, “We have tremendous economic power… if China or some other country is behaving badly, we have things called tariffs that are so severe.
“We are going to be so tough and if a country is not going to behave, we’re going to tariff the hell out of that country,” he added, without giving details on what size or kind of tariffs he would impose.
