President Donald Trump threatened anew to shut down a portion of the southern border on Wednesday after reports that a group of Central Americans traveling north had been partially detained by Mexican officials.
Interested in Donald Trump?
Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
“Mexico must apprehend the remainder or we will be forced to close that section of the Border & call up the Military,” Trump tweeted early Wednesday morning.
The president has threatened to close the southern border or portions of it before. It’s also not the first time he’s placed the responsibility on Mexico to do more to stop people in so-called caravans — or large groups of migrants traveling north together and largely reported to be mostly women and children from Central America seeking refugee — from arriving at the U.S. border.
A very big Caravan of over 20,000 people started up through Mexico. It has been reduced in size by Mexico but is still coming. Mexico must apprehend the remainder or we will be forced to close that section of the Border & call up the Military. The Coyotes & Cartels have weapons!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2019
Trump largely backed off his most recent calls to close the southern border in early April, instead giving Mexico a one-year warning to apprehend more Central American migrants. At the time, Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, publicly warned the president against acting on his threat. Closing the border would have a “potentially catastrophic economic impact,” McConnell warned.
The president’s threat comes on the heels of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which led to calls for Trump’s impeachment by some Democrats, including 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Most Democratic leaders of the party have said they won’t call for impeachment based on the partially-redacted report and want to first gather more information, including calling on Mueller to testify before Congress.
from Viral Newses http://bit.ly/2vkkqtD
via IFTTT
0 Comments