President Donald Trump said
Tuesday that the US military will be used to guard the US-Mexico border.
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“We are going to be guarding
our border with our military. That’s a big step,” Trump told reporters gathered
at the White House. “We cannot have people flowing into our country illegally,
disappearing, and by the way never showing up for court.”
The
President’s comments appear to take aim at current US policy which requires
border agents to catch then release family units who arrive at the border from
noncontiguous countries.
He also
said he had spoken with Secretary of Defense James Mattis about the use of the
military to guard the border.
In recent
days, Trump has repeatedly tweeted about a caravan of illegal immigrants making
their way from Honduras to the US border via Mexico. The President had
threatened to end the NAFTA agreement if the Mexican government did not stop
the caravan and to end U.S. aid to Honduras. Read More
