Friday, November 23, 2018

Trump Might Close The ‘Whole Border’ With Mexico

President Trump on Thursday threatened to close off the southern border, telling reporters that he would “close entry into the country” if immigration gets “uncontrollable.” 
“If we find that it gets to a level where we’re going to lose control or people are going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control,” he said. 
Trump added that he meant the “whole border,” though he appeared to be referring only to the southern border. 
“We’re either going to have a border or we’re not,” he said, adding that Mexico wouldn’t “be able to sell their cars” into the U.S. Trump also claimed that the U.S. closed the border earlier this week, though it was unclear what he was referring to. 
Earlier this week traffic lanes near a key port of entry in San Diego were temporarily shut down. “Two days ago, we closed the border. We actually just closed it,” Trump said. “We said, ‘Nobody’s coming in.’ Because it’s out of control.” 
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday that the lanes were shut down because a large number of migrants were planning to “rush the border.”
AND THEN THERE'S THIS:

“It Could Happen” – President Trump Says He May Shut Down Government Over Border Wall Funding 


1 comment:

thelastenglishprince said...

As suspected, the San Ysidro port of entry was closed so that fortifications could be made by our military:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/migrant-caravan-tijuana-declares-humanitarian-crisis-asks-for-international-help/ar-BBQ0je6?li=BBnbfcL

Interesting that there is now a political squall in Tijuana since we won't foot the bill for the migrants. Everyone rails at us to take migrants because it costs them nothing.

Let Mexico bear the cost of not dispersing the migrants at their southern border. Unfortunately, I consider it possible that the controlling cartel will soon address the problem if caravans impede product flow into the U.S. We all know how the cartels solve their problems. sigh