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| Trump threatens to shut down US-Mexico border ‘NEXT WEEK’ | |
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| In a Friday tweet, President Donald Trump threatened to shut down all, or most of the southern border next week if Mexico doesn’t act immediately to stop illegal migration into the US in its entirety. | In a Friday tweet, President Donald Trump threatened to shut down all, or most of the southern border next week if Mexico doesn’t act immediately to stop illegal migration into the US in its entirety. |
| With migrant detention numbers surging past the crisis point in the border-adjacent city of El Paso in Texas this week, Trump is now promising to resort to the swift and drastic measure of shutting down border crossings altogether if Mexico doesn’t take action. | |
| “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 US,” Trump said, demanding congressional action to beef up security at the border. | |
| The president then demanded that Mexico must also take drastic action to “stop illegals from entering the US” through the southern border, issuing the country an extremely time sensitive ultimatum. | |
| READ MORE: Bipartisan breakdown as crisis levels of migrants push US-Mexico border to 'breaking point' | READ MORE: Bipartisan breakdown as crisis levels of migrants push US-Mexico border to 'breaking point' |
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