Alfredo Corchado

Investors weigh President Donald J. Trump’s decision to impose more tariffs on Mexican-made goods. At the same time they’re concerned Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s push to overhaul the country’s judiciary may create legal uncertainty for companies in Mexico.

Immigration raids are starting to scare customers and workers away from businesses in some parts of the country. Agriculture, construction and hospitality industries depend on immigrants fear workforce disruption. Demonstrators from from California to Texas take to the streets to protest ICE crackdown.

The Kentucky Club in Ciudad Juarez is the last iconic border bar of it's kind still standing. Customers from both the U.S. and Mexico drink in the history and enjoy the place with a claim to fame for investing the margarita.

Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Hispanic voters on the Texas-Mexico border favored Trump in last November’s election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands’ 14 counties, up from just five in 2016. But now, at the crucial 100-day mark into Trump’s 2nd term, that support is waning.

Along the Texas-Mexico border where trade is a critical part of the economy there’s relief after USMCA goods from Mexico and Canada were excluded from new tariffs. Most of their exports to the United States are exempt if they conform to the trilateral trade agreement.

Trump postponed tariffs on Mexican goods once again last week. As Mexico's president celebrated the delay, some companies rushed to stockpile goods in warehouses along the border ahead of the new April 2nd deadline.

Trump’s mass deportation plan faces delays as mega shelters in Mexico set up to receive deportees remain empty.

Trump’s threats of tariffs and mass deportations fuel rising anxiety on the border and in Mexico. Border businesses that depend on trade are bracing for the economic consequences. Mexican officials publicly downplay the impact but prepare for whatever comes next.

With President Trump back in office, Mexico's President Sheinbaum braces for strained relations. U.S. public support for hardline policies targeting Mexico is on the rise, and looming energy reforms and trade negotiations add to the challenges.

If the U.S. proceeds with the tariffs the impact will extend deep into Texas which relies on cross-border manufacturing supply chains. If Mexico retaliates with its own tariffs, Texas could also see exports decline.