2-1 NWR Simpson on Trump

2-1 NWR Simpson on Trump

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
This is your Northwest for Wednesday, February 1, I'm David Sparks and as I said yesterday, the Northwest has been deluged with protests over the President's recent move on immigration. Here is Congressman Mike Simpson's spokesperson Nikki Wallace on President Trump's executive order on admissions to the United States: "The President is fulfilling his duty and promise to evaluate the screening process for those attempting to enter our country to ensure that these individuals are indeed safe and pose no threat to us.  However, the Administration could have and should have disseminated the details and enforcement guidelines of the Executive Order in a more effective manner to minimize the unintended consequences of this change in policy.  I am glad to see that the Administration has already taken steps to clarify these guidelines, and I hope all other errors in implementation of this order will be immediately addressed."

In related news, The Trump administration is considering a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to finance a border wall and that has U.S. farm groups worrying about retaliation and possibly losing a major foreign market for rice, wheat, dairy, pork and many other ag commodities.

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