Trump Says Caravans Will Not Be Allowed To Enter the US
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Monday announced that the migrants and asylum-seekers traveling to the US-Mexico border will be turned away.
President Trump on Monday announced that the migrants and asylum-seekers traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border will be turned away. "Despite the Democrat inspired laws on Sanctuary Cities and the Border being so bad and one sided, I have instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security not to let these large Caravans of people into our Country," Trump said via Twitter. "It is a disgrace. We are the only Country in the World so naive! WALL." Moments later, he added, "Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S."
"We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast," the president further noted.
The large groups of people Trump references are largely fleeing from Honduras and the country's political crisis, frequent and sometimes fatal attacks on protesters, and gang violence, notes the Huffington Post. Earlier in April, Trump suggested that the travelers had abandoned their quest for safe harbor, tweeting, "The Caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of Mexico and their willingness to use them so as not to cause a giant scene at our Border. Because of the Trump Administrations actions, Border crossings are at a still UNACCEPTABLE 46 year low. Stop drugs!"
According to CNN, the group's numbers have gone down as they approach the U.S.-Mexico border due to a combination of dispersal and deportations.
President Trump on Monday announced that the migrants and asylum-seekers traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border will be turned away. "Despite the Democrat inspired laws on Sanctuary Cities and the Border being so bad and one sided, I have instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security not to let these large Caravans of people into our Country," Trump said via Twitter. "It is a disgrace. We are the only Country in the World so naive! WALL." Moments later, he added, "Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S."
"We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast," the president further noted.
The large groups of people Trump references are largely fleeing from Honduras and the country's political crisis, frequent and sometimes fatal attacks on protesters, and gang violence, notes the Huffington Post. Earlier in April, Trump suggested that the travelers had abandoned their quest for safe harbor, tweeting, "The Caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of Mexico and their willingness to use them so as not to cause a giant scene at our Border. Because of the Trump Administrations actions, Border crossings are at a still UNACCEPTABLE 46 year low. Stop drugs!"
According to CNN, the group's numbers have gone down as they approach the U.S.-Mexico border due to a combination of dispersal and deportations.