Possible Closure of Border Next Week

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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 president's latest remarks set up his first confrontation with Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported that it has reached capacity for housing migrants at facilities in both Texas and Arizona.

He doubled down on the threats later in the day in comments to pool reporters, saying he will "keep the border closed" unless Mexico's government acts.

 Mexico, he told reporters, must specifically take action to stop two incoming migrant caravans he says the administration has identified and work to stop others from reaching the border.

“They have to grab it and they have to stop it. We right now have two big caravans coming up from Guatemala, massive caravans, walking right through Mexico. Mexico is tough. They can stop them. But they chose not to," he said. "If they don’t stop them, we’re closing the border."

  

U.S. Border Patrol agents have been releasing migrant families in groups of hundreds at a time in Yuma, Ariz., as well as El Paso, Texas, according to the agency.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436459-trump-threatens-to-close-mexican-border-next-week

Crisis at the border - Texas Cities overwhelmed
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/30/migrants-overflow-border-federal-facilities-local-strain-wall-trump/3309462002/