Trump adds a deadline on his threat to close the border
Immigration,Unauthorized Immigration,Border Crisis,Border Wall,Border Patrol
Washington (CNN)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.
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