President Trump continued to condemn Democrats and the Mexican government Monday, blaming them for the progress of a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants headed for America’s southern border.
Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy. Must change laws!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018
Every time you see a Caravan, or people illegally coming, or attempting to come, into our Country illegally, think of and blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic Immigration Laws! Remember the Midterms! So unfair to those who come in legally.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018
The caravan has grown in the past few days to as many as 7,000 refugees, including families with small children, in a line over a mile long. The group, most fleeing violence and poverty in crime-ridden Honduras, is making its way deeper into Mexico after failed efforts to stop them by Mexican police in riot gear.
Full efforts are being made to stop the onslaught of illegal aliens from crossing our Souther Border. People have to apply for asylum in Mexico first, and if they fail to do that, the U.S. will turn them away. The courts are asking the U.S. to do things that are not doable!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2018
Trump also repeated a threat to cut aid to Central American countries over their failure to contain the flood of illegal immigrants to the U.S.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were not able to do the job of stopping people from leaving their country and coming illegally to the U.S. We will now begin cutting off, or substantially reducing, the massive foreign aid routinely given to them.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018
He said Sunday that “full efforts” are ongoing to stop the “onslaught of illegal aliens.”
Mexican resident Enrique Peña Nieto promised last week to stop the group from crossing the U.S. border illegally. Mexico has requested humanitarian aid from the United Nations to help deal with the migrants.