Trump’s Trade Focus Muddles His Immigration Agenda

Trump’s Trade Focus Muddles His Immigration Agenda

Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker means that, for him, immigration questions are on the table in trade negotiations—even if MAGA doesn’t approve.

Trump’s Trade Focus Muddles His Immigration Agenda

Why does President Trump, contrary to his own administration’s policies, keep defending “high-skill” immigration?In my latest column, I argue this strange rhetoric is caused by the president’s obsessive focus on making trade deals:So what’s going on with the president? The most likely answer is that his laser focus on trade deals is clouding his rhetoric. Many of the countries he’s negotiating with want their citizens to continue to migrate to A…