'Our country is full': Trump claims emergency during border visit
Donald Trump once again insisted the US immigration system was overburdened and illegal border crossings must be stopped on a visit to the US-Mexico border in California.
Trump traveled to Calexico, California, on Friday to view a section of the border barrier and participate in a roundtable on immigration.
“There is indeed an emergency on our southern border,” Trump said at the briefing, adding that there had been a sharp uptick in illegal crossings. “It’s a colossal surge, and it’s overwhelming our immigration system. We can’t take you anymore. Our country is full.”
Trump, as he so often does, mixed fact with fiction when warning of the threat.
He described the section of border barrier he visited as new, even though it was a long-planned replacement for an older barrier. The Trump administration has not completed any new mileage of wall or fence anywhere on the border since taking office.
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