Trump border czar lauds 'right' decision to 'hold Mexico accountable' with tariff: 'Got to take action'

President Trump's determination to "hold Mexico accountable" by invoking a 25% tariff connected imports is "exactly right," borderline czar Tom Homan said Sunday, slamming Mexican officials for failing to instrumentality measures to halt the relentless travel of fentanyl coming crossed the U.S. confederate border.

"[Drug cartels have] been operating for decades successful Mexico. They're operating freely. We cognize that, and I'm not going to accidental each authoritative successful Mexico is corrupt, but galore are, and we conscionable we simply cognize that, truthful he's going to clasp Mexico accountable," helium told "Sunday Morning Futures" big Maria Bartiromo.

"They've got to instrumentality enactment against these cartels, and halt the travel of fentanyl and, not lone that, [but also] the enactment trafficking of women and children crossed the border. It is amerciable successful Mexico to [sex] traffick women and children, but they're not stopping it. It's amerciable for anybody from astir the satellite to transit done Mexico without a transit visa, but they're allowing it."

WHITE HOUSE TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON MEXICO, CANADA AND CHINA DUE TO ‘INVASION OF ILLEGAL FENTANYL’

Tom Homan, White House borderline czar, speaks to members of the media extracurricular the White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.  (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump imposed 25% tariffs connected Mexico and Canada connected Saturday aft pressuring the countries to ace down connected the "invasion of amerciable fentanyl." 

The medication imposed a 10% tariff connected China the aforesaid time for sourcing fentanyl that had been distributed successful the U.S.

"This is precisely wherefore President Trump has designated the criminal cartels successful Mexico arsenic violent organizations… I [have] said that… these cartels person killed much Americans than each violent enactment successful the satellite combined, truthful President Trump did the close thing. 

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Illegal fentanyl has killed a monolithic fig of Americans, sparking home information concerns. (Getty Images)

"These cartels killed thousands of journalists, thousands of politicians, hundreds of judges, legislators. They're moving the state of Mexico. So, President Trump is making the close determination by, fig one, declaring them a violent organization, truthful the authorities tin onslaught them, not conscionable successful Mexico… now, they're successful each large metropolis successful this country. They person acceptable up shop, truthful President Trump's going to clasp Mexico accountable."

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Homan has been astatine the forefront of the Trump administration's illegal migration crackdown, spearheading wide deportation efforts successful large cities crossed the U.S. since Trump took bureau connected Jan. 20.