President Trump on Friday threatened to close the Mexican border or parts of it next week, writing in a series of tweets that unless Mexico’s government immediately stopped illegal crossings he would take the action.
The tweets come amid growing warnings from the administration about a crisis at the border, and more than a month after the end of a partial government shutdown triggered by a fight over Trump’s demands for funding for a border wall.
Trump blamed both Democrats in Congress and Mexico for the problems, accusing Mexico of making “a fortune” from the U.S. that is greater than its costs of protecting the border.
View the complete March 29 article by John Bowden on The Hill website here.