Trump would fund wall by blocking remittances to Mexico

Trump would fund wall by blocking remittances to Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump would try to force Mexico to pay for a border wall by targeting billions of dollars in remittances sent home by Mexican immigrants living in the U.S., according to a memo released Tuesday by his campaign.

The memo outlines in new detail how Trump would try to compel Mexico to pay for the 1,000-mile wall he's promised to build along the Southern border if he becomes president.

Panama Papers disclosures fuel outrage in presidential race
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Panama Papers disclosures fuel outrage in presidential race

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The revelations in the Panama Papers are adding to the populist outrage in the presidential race by confirming many of the fears of Bernie Sanders supporters on the left and contributing to the distrust that drives people to Donald Trump on the right.

So far, reports based on the 11.5 million leaked documents have shed light mostly on foreign figures such as the prime minister of Iceland, who resigned Tuesday after the public learned that he used a shell company to shelter large sums of money while his country's economy foundered. The reaction in the U.S. has been relatively muted.

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