“Why isn’t Trump threatening that? Remittances are a bigger source to their economy than oil revenue, I believe.”
Patience! He’s probably told that little chilon, Pena Nieto over the phone that he’s going to have the IRS start taking in lieu income taxes from all remittances in a few weeks or days. I don’t think there is anything anyone can do about it if he does, because the IRS routinely takes in lieu taxes from untaxed lump sums people get., Try leaving a Las Vegas casino with a couple hundred thou in “winnings” without having the IRS take a chunk as you exit. You have to file a return to get any of it back.
The morons out there, who don't seem to notice the price of everything has doubled in the past ten years, are suddenly very worried.