The Trump administration has been threatening to use executive power to unilaterally impose tariffs on Mexico as a policy level to deal with illegal immigration. These 5% tariffs, which could escalate as high as 25%, would be levied on all goods coming into the United States. Ostensibly, this is being used as a bargaining chip to bring Mexico to the table on immigration, but this is wrong in oh so many ways. Using tariffs in this way hurts Americans first and foremost, and using these tariffs to try to “punish” Mexico is not going to lead to the outcomes that the administration is pursuing.