Sen. Ted Cruz, a onetime skeptic of tariffs, said Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of levying them to push for Mexico and Canada is an effective leverage tool to secure the U.S. borders. 

“The threat of tariffs against Mexico and Canada immediately has produced action,” the Texas Republican said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “We’ve seen the president of Mexico stand up and promise that she is going to work hand in hand with the president of the United States, President Trump, to secure the border.”

He said he wants to know why President Joe Biden hasn’t used leverage of his own for the border. 

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