The Migrant as Hostage to Binational Populism

The recent proposal in the U.S. Congress to impose a 5% tax on remittances is not just an economic threat.It is a political warning.Beyond the impact on millions of Mexican families, it reveals something more serious: the systematic use of the migrant as an electoral card by governments that, although confronted in the discourse, operate with the same populist logic.From Washington, Donald Trump has reactivated his strategy of polarization: clos…

José Peguero Economist Eriden Estrella analyzes the possibility of the United States government applying 5% taxes on remittances, indicating how it would affect the economy of the Dominican Republic and Latin America. The entry The U.S.'s heavy blow to the Dominican Republic was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.

The governor of Puebla, Alejandro Armenta Mier, expressed his absolute rejection of any attempt to impose tariffs, taxes or restrictions on remittances sent by Mexican migrants from the United States. Through a joint statement, the members of the National Conference of Governors (Conago), chaired by Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, described remittances as “an act of love, solidarity and family responsibility,” and warned that imposing taxes on th…

MIAMI – The proposal for a 5% tax on remittances sent from the United States, which is now being debated by the House of Representatives, distresses migrants whose families depend on this money, with more than 40 million people who would be affected in U.S. territory. The tax, tied to the controversial federal budget that the House of Representatives is discussing this Wednesday with an uncertain future, rests with immigrants like Honduran Maria…

For: Vicente Hernández “Graving higher incomes with a higher percentage of taxes than lower taxes, is putting a punishment on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

Governors and governors across the country pointed out that taxing the money they send from the U.S. to their families is doubly punishing their effort. Conago’s entry refuses to tax remittances from the U.S.A.: “They are not a luxury, they are an act of love” was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.