Just as I was going to lunch, Trump decided to make big news by threatening to close the border next week.
In short, Trump said that Congress must change our weak immigration laws and Mexico must stop all illegal traffic coming to our southern border, or else he’ll close the border next week.
Here’s his tweets:
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 (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2019
....through their country and our Southern Border. Mexico has for many years made a fortune off of the U.S., far greater than Border Costs. If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2019
....the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week. This would be so easy for Mexico to do, but they just take our money and “talk.” Besides, we lose so much money with them, especially when you add in drug trafficking etc.), that the Border closing would be a good thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2019
I just hope this isn’t any empty threat.
The CBP needs as much relief as they can get right now as they are completely overwhelmed.
Even Obama’s former DHS Secretary is now admitting this:
For months the media said there was no crisis at the border when there absolutely was. Now it’s beyond a crisis really, to the point that the CPB is having to bypass their normal processes and immediately release migrants into the US, as we pointed out this morning.