never emailsout the actual themselves in what they meant to democracy and what they meant to the democratic party. host: thank you all for watching. that does it for today's "washington journal" we will be back tomorrow morning 7 a.m. eastern time. on sunday as well on next week you can watch then. thanks for watching. enjoy the rest of your weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> live this morning here on the ciabenjamin hubner, civil liberties officer will be speaking at the brookings institution and washington, d.c. about balancing transparency and national security.

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put out last night that if mexico does not do more to stop the flow of immigration into this country, starting on june 10, there will be a 5% tariff on all goods imported from mexico. on july 1, that rises to 10%. 15% and on september 1, 20%. 15%. september 1, 20%. this will be up to the discretion of the white house -- on october 1 it will go to 25% and stay there permanently if they do not take any action on illegal immigration. why? the president writing this sustained influx of illegal immigration has an impact on our international life. crime. untold amounts of gang members, smugglers, illegal drugs and narcotics pouring across the border and into our

communities. thousands of innocent lives are taken every year as a result of this lawless chaos. it must end now. the white house says they consulted with republican lawmakers, not democrats on this move. this is the reaction they got from chuck grassley, republican from iowa who represents farmers saying trade policy and border security are separate issues. this is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counters congressional intent. follow through on this would jeopardize passage of the u.s. -mexico-canada trade deal, a central campaign pledge and what could be a big victory for the country. the white house yesterday triggered a 30 day process that allows the president to put forward to congress that u.s.-mexico-canada trade deal

and chuck grassley saying that can be in jeopardy because of this move. we want to get your reaction to what the president did. good morning, eric. you are up first. go ahead. caller: good morning. something needs to be done about immigration. be a people, we need to priority. to me it seems like the democratic party is putting black people first. 6% unemployment rate is something in the black community . the community i used to live in, they took over. they have jobs, they are working. -- the women are on welfare and stuff. it does not take generations and generations of these people to

ine over here and move up class, you see them driving 4, 5 cars and doing different types of things. the money -- you don't have to go along with everything the democratic party does. you are the base and they are going along with whatever you do . they cannot get elected unless they have a high turnout of democrats. host: understood. do you support this move by the president? caller: causing the black community to be suppressed. we are the last and everything. host: do you support the president's move? all right. philip, we will go to florida. independent. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you as well. i am kind of in a catch 22

because there is only one policy i do agree with donald trump on and that is we have to do something about people crashing the border. no one would want anybody to crash your home and walk in and say i live here. over the course of time that i have been acquainted with the is my opinion, but it is kind of factual, too. once people come into the country and do not learn the language, do not learn the history of the country and they become kind of tribal to the rest of society, that is a counterproductive element to the american gross and what we stand for. what i am saying is basically they discriminate -- when they get here, they don't hire anyone but their own, who can speak their own language and they have sort of a written code underneath the whole thing.

if democrats are going to do well this upcoming election andite the corruption things being made toward the president, they have to take serious -- very serious what is going on on the borders and as far as african-americans are concerned, we did not have any other kind of incentives that have been given to the latin becoming socially acceptable here in society. when you said democrats need to pay more attention to what is happening on the border, the president tweeting out video that is on bloomberg's twitter feed and shows a group of more than 1000 migrants were apprehended crossing the u.s.-mexico border in el paso, texas. the headline from the arizona newspaper, border patrol encounters largest group of migrants ever at more than 1000 near el paso.

this was yesterday. we will go to jim in fort lauderdale, republican. we are asking all of you to react to the president's decision to put tariffs on mexico unless they do more to stop the flow of immigrants. what do you think? caller: i want the democrat party explain to me what we are going to do with all of these people. ads todaymillion want that cannot be filled. how many of those want ads say i need an unskilled person who can't speaking lush? how many -- speak english? how many? the democrat party is acting childish and we have a grown-up president doing something about it. i will tell you what is going to happen.

work and whennnot people get desperate, they start committing crimes because that is the only thing they have. thank, democrat party. our future is going to be very, very dark when it comes to crime. and the need for highly skilled workers that fit in our society. these people are not going to have anything to do. democrats say they can just be here. what? they cannot just be here in a society like ours. it does not work. host: let me ask you about the economic impact. are you concerned at all? .ake a look at these numbers goods and services traded with $671 billion. our exports to mexico, $289

billion. 5%, 370 $2 up to 20 billion worth of goods imported that would get taxed and the new york times says that would result in a $17 billion tax for u.s. consumers. the goods and services trade deficit is 72 billion dollars and mexico is our third largest goods and trading partner. are you concerned about the impact of this on our economy? caller: yes, i am. it would be nice if he did not have to do that. this is the only power congress has imbued to the president to use. what is the impact on future crime and social programs these people are going to be sucking out of our economy? the 5% tariffs are going to look puny. this country is in danger from

these immigrants. i am telling you right now, there will be a crime wave. they don't have anything to do. the only way they can help themselves days crime. host: the president, the white 1977 is saying under the international emergency economic powers act, he has the authority to do what he did last night, provides the president broad authority to -- following a declaration of natural -- national emergency. he is saying under this, he has the authority to go ahead and .ut these tariffs on mexico it is in the papers today. if you are interested in reading more. if you are interested in this law, you can go to the congressional research service and they put together a packet on this powers act. they say according to the

washington post from this report that this act has never been used before to place tariffs on imported products from a specific country, but it could be interpreted as giving the white house that power. roy in florida. a democrat. good morning to you. caller: hello. how are you? this thing going on with the tariffs is ridiculous because all it is going to do is hurt the american consumer. he has been so tied into this immigration thing when he should be looking at the middle east. they are the ones that attacked us on 9/11. the whole thing about it is these people come in and do a lot of jobs and anybody that says we don't need immigration in this country is out of their mind. that is what made this country great. everybody, there are shootings, crime by lack, white, hispanic,

whatever, but giving people a chance is what these people were made of, not to demonize immigrants. for 35 years, we never had this problem and now donald trump is making it tough on consumers when he gave tax breaks to all the rich. it goes on and on with this guy. he is a very dangerous president and he seems to get away with whatever he wants. the senators are a bunch of lapdogs like lindsey graham. i lost complete respect for him. host: why? on this issue? caller: because they are lapdogs to trump. they let him get away with everything he wants to get away with, including the house. guy need to impeach this and do what is right for america and quit demonizing immigrants. host: lindsey graham tweeted out yesterday i support president trump's decision to impose

tariffs on mexico until they up their game to help with the border disaster. mexico needs to do more. this is what lindsey graham said -- it continues, sorry. this is what he said in 2017. simply put, any policy proposal which drives up costs of corona, tequila, or margaritas is a big-time bad idea. if ask a covert retaliate -- if mexicoese retaliates against tariffs, look at the exports we send to mexico, these are the top categories. electrical machinery, $43 billion. $34 billion in mineral -- fuel.

$18 billion in plastics. agricultural products. in 2018, it totaled $20 billion. we are talking corn, 3 billion. --beans, almost 2 billion beef and beef products, around $1 billion. u.s. imports from mexico. if these tariffs go into place going all the way up to 25%, these are the products that could get tariffed. it is our second largest supplier of goods, $346 billion. up 60% from 2008. u.s. imports from mexico account for 13.6% of overall u.s. imports. what we are talking about is

vehicles. electrical machinery, mineral fuels, optical and medical instruments. why you are seeing a repeat is because a lot of products -- the parts of products that get made in united states get some of their products from mexico. then they are added here in the united states, especially car parts, sent back to mexico, sent back to the united states. you are seeing a repeat of exports and imports because these are the parts that go back and forth between our countries. mike in ohio, independent. good morning to you. caller: good morning, greta. that last guy from florida is a perfect example of why we are in trouble. we have legal immigration, not illegal immigration. legal immigration is when you come over and go through classes and do the paperwork and you are legally an american citizen.

as of now and as of supposedly million illegals cross the border. what about the ones they did not catch and what about all the drugs they brought over because cartels are using illegal immigrants as tools to get the border guards and the border patrol in one place and then they smuggle the drugs over? upset right now, greta, this is ridiculous. exactly what he said he was going to do, which is unheard of in washington. for decades and decades all we heard was we are going to do this, we are going to do that. now what are we going to do with all these people in our country? host: you support the president's move here? caller: i did not like trump. i did not vote for trump, but

trump is doing exactly what he wants to do and now i do like trump and i will vote for trump. everybody i am associated with --will vote for trump. host: are you hearing from the candidates that are running -- what you want to hear on immigration? caller: our immigration, here we go again. trump said he wanted to bus everything to california and new york and then it is unconstitutional and you cannot do that. what are we supposed to do with these people? they are being released every day in our country on the streets. what are we supposed to do, greta? host: there is a front-page story in the washington post about the u.s. holding minors at the border longer than allowed and what they report is federal law and court orders require children in border patrol custody be transferred to more

hospitable shelters. one official said about half of the children in custody, 1000, have been with border patrol longer than 72 hours and more than 250 children 12 or younger have been in custody for an average of 6 days. more from that washington post article. they also note 45,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended since october along the border. as of may 19, 13,200 unaccompanied children are in homeland security custody. 200,000 migrants have been detained in the last two months. you can find it if you go to washington post.com -- washingtonpost.com. our brick, good morning to you. .aller: good morning, greta

hopefully america will wake up. president trump is doing the best he can. nobody is giving him a chance. i tell you, we have to do something about the people crossing the border. how much can we take in? they are not coming in legally. president trump is trying his best, let's give him a chance. i listened to some of your callers this morning and they are off-the-wall. when you were speaking with that gentleman that thinks they can come into america not through customs and not learn the language -- they don't want to learn, they just want to take jobs away from the american people. it is unheard of. greta, i really hope things get better for us. host: are you conserved about this move on tariffs and impacting the economy? you having to pay more as a consumer? caller: i am concerned, but we

have to do something and president trump is trying. you have to do something, you cannot just let everybody run into america. host: tyrone in new york, democrat. what do you think? caller: good morning. they kill me with you have to do something. something does not mean you have to do anything you feel like doing -- this president is destroying our country. every decision has been disastrous. the tax cut, this immigration policy, this whole situation has been bad. the fact that these tariffs he is talking about doing is going tobe detrimental to us, also the mexican government and he already stopped giving money to the countries these people are

coming from. that is devastating that country -- their country. more are going to be coming here. a wall is not going to solve the problem. we have to have a coherent immigration policy that we are willing to follow and maintain. who is hiring these illegal immigrants? americans. these people coming here are getting jobs with americans. i am also african-american. i don't know how many african-americans are willing to these -- working kitchens. i don't know any of them. they are not taking the job i want. they come in here and work these jobs americans do not want. if we come up with a coherent

immigration policy and we follow it and because we do not want to do the hard work, we do not want to work on maintaining this immigration influx. said we wantnedy to go -- americans do not want to do the hard work. host: on the impact of this, yahoo! finance website says this morning, trump's mexico tariffs will cripple u.s. automakers. 67% ofstory they write u.s. imports from mexico are intercompany trade. this means two thirds of companies producing goods are producing products for their own supply chain and other manufacturers. the president yesterday in a statement saying this about his decision. workers who come to our country through the legal admissions process, including those working on farms, ranches, and other

businesses will be allowed easy passage. if mexico fails to act, tariffs will remain at the high level and companies located in mexico may start moving back to the united states to make products and goods, companies that relocate to the united states will not pay tariffs or be affected in any way. a congressman who represents a district in texas right on the border tweeting out the president's threat to impose tariffs will only hurt american workers, economic growth, and our international security. instead of inflicting penalties on our southern neighbor, we must work with mexico to handle the influx of migrants. the reaction from mexico, the president of that country said he would send a representative of their government to the united states to work on this today. in the letter to the president,

he said social problems cannot be resolved with taxes or corrosive measures. seek alternatives to the immigration problem and please remember that i do not lack courage, i am not cowardly nor timid, but i act on principle. i believe in the policy that among other things was invented to avoid confrontation and war. that from the mexican president. john in florida, independent. it is your turn to tell washington what you think of this move. go ahead. caller: i support president trump 110%. i am a veteran. i have a masters of international business. what i worry about is the $160 billion we spend on illegals every year with social services, hospitals, housing, and then you give them a job and they spend -- send 50% back to mexico.

people say -- one clown from new said 100 feet of the wall will work. the tariffs are going to work. -- maybe we should go down there and show them how it is done. we can at least give an effort. and present -- people say president trump has not done it. the dow is up to 27,000. to 4% plus. host: right now this morning or overall? caller: overall. we have to stop them. act says youion have to learn english. send them over to all the

hollywood elites in california. be support them, you will there sponsor and pay for hospitalization and everything else. 1934 immigration act if you want the law. there is a law for immigration. host: this is how the markets are reacting. u.s. stocks feature global markets after trump threatens tariffs on mexico. wendy in florida, good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: go ahead with your thought. caller: first, i would like for something to really sink in to the people who are legally here, born here in the united states of america. our president has done every single thing legally possible to him to correct the badly passed laws in the last 10 years that have allowed this flow to happen

and continue. hasress, all of congress toused, absolutely refused -- they are still refusing to do that jobs. that leaves one branch, the do dish -- judicial branch, the supreme court. if the supreme court does not act, this will never stop. our entire country will be from 20by people different countries, that is what they are apprehending. we don't know what they are not apprehending. there are 30 to 40 million illegals in this country right now. host: a democrat in rochester, new york. it is your turn. good morning. caller: i certainly support this

president as far as tariffs go. jobs tariffs will drive back to this country. corporations on the others of the border and they are >> you can find "washington journal" online at www.c-span.org. we will leave it to take you to the brookings institution -- institution. we are speaking about the balance of transparency and national security. >> good morning, everybody, welcoming to brookings.

my home agency is the cia where for the past 20 years, i was one of the spokespersons. today, we will be having a conversation about privacy and sober liberties -- and civil liberties as they touch on the cia and we have a great just to talk about that which is been huebner. he is the privacy and civil liberties officer and he came to cia just over three years ago from the department of justice where he served as the council for intelligence to the assistant attorney general for the national security division where he advised the department leaders on related matters including operations, litigation, and oversight. he mag