The president has made the same threat before in response to illegal immigration but never with a specific timetable.
By John Wagner and John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow March 29 at 12:29 PM President Trump said Friday he would close large sections of the southern border next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration into the United States, repeating a threat he has made before but never with a specific timetable.
The DEMOCRATS have given us the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the World. Mexico has the strongest, & they make more than $100 Billion a year on the U.S. Therefore, CONGRESS MUST CHANGE OUR WEAK IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW, & Mexico must stop illegals from entering the U.S.... — Donald J. Trump March 29, 2019 Trump’s tweet came two days after the nation’s top border official warned that the U.S. immigration enforcement system along the nation’s southern boundary is at “the breaking point” and said authorities are having to release migrants into the country after background checks because of a crush of asylum-seeking families with children.
A move to close the border would come with numerous complications, including impeding U.S. citizens seeking to reenter the country from Mexico. Trump made a similar threat Thursday morning about closing the border, saying Mexico was “all talk and no action,” but did not make it sound as though action was imminent. “May close the Southern Border!” he wrote then.
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