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President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his threat to close down the border between the United States and Mexico, but this time he noted he would act next week if Mexico doesn’t step up.
“If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug (sic) our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week,” he tweeted.
Trump, in Florida on Friday afternoon, said he could close the border to trade for a “long time” and insisted the US had run out of detention space for undocumented immigrants.
“We have the weakest, most pathetic laws,” the President said, threatening to close the border if two current caravans of migrants cross into the US.
“We have run out of space. We can’t hold people anywhere. Mexico can stop it so easily,” he added.
Trump’s comments follow a period in which the Department of Homeland Security and border officials have said their resources have become strained.
Earlier this week, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the “breaking point has arrived” for the US immigration system.
Over the last two weeks, Customs and Border Protection announced that they will be releasing migrants in Arizona, as well as the Del Rio sector and Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. And more people are expected to be apprehended at the border in March than any month since 2008, CBP says.
CNN
“If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug (sic) our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week,” he tweeted.
Trump, in Florida on Friday afternoon, said he could close the border to trade for a “long time” and insisted the US had run out of detention space for undocumented immigrants.
“We have the weakest, most pathetic laws,” the President said, threatening to close the border if two current caravans of migrants cross into the US.
“We have run out of space. We can’t hold people anywhere. Mexico can stop it so easily,” he added.
Trump’s comments follow a period in which the Department of Homeland Security and border officials have said their resources have become strained.
Earlier this week, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the “breaking point has arrived” for the US immigration system.
Over the last two weeks, Customs and Border Protection announced that they will be releasing migrants in Arizona, as well as the Del Rio sector and Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. And more people are expected to be apprehended at the border in March than any month since 2008, CBP says.
CNN
