What is economic dependency?

Economic Dependence. A situation in which the success of one thing depends on the success of another. This may occur within a company; for example, a project may not have funding unless another project is successful. ... Many companies and economies seek to diversify to avoid economic dependence.

Explanation:

this headline suggests that midterm congressional   elections are at the corner and trump administration wants to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration as trump had said during his election campaign around two years ago. when a baby is born in usa, the baby becomes citizen of usa for 85 years and trump wants to end this rule of birthright citizenship to control illegal immigration and this what he said in an interview""we’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years, with all of those benefits,” "

answer; protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated;