Trump threatens to close Mexican border to stop 'invasion'
US President Donald Trump has once more threatened to close the Mexican border to stop what he has described as a southern "invasion".
Trump's threat on Thursday came from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida days after a federal judge blocked his anti-immigration order aimed at deporting asylum seekers.
Under Trump's order no refugee could seek asylum in the US except those who refer to an official border entry point.
"If we find that it's uncontrollable, if we find it gets to a level where we are going to lose control or where 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 told reporters in Florida, where he is spending Thanksgiving.
Trump emphasized that he would close “the whole border … I mean, the whole border.” He insisted that he wanted the Mexicans to strengthen the border and take control of their side.
“We are either going to have a border, or we’re not,” he argued. “When they lose control of the border on the Mexico side, we just close the border.”
Last month, Trump had warned he would shut down the border if a huge caravan of refugees headed towards the United States was not stopped.
Demonstrators, including local residents and Americans visiting from nearby US cities, opposed the arrival of thousands asylum seekers to the border town of Tijuana.
They too described the asylum seekers fleeing from violence and persecution in Latin America as "invaders."
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