Trump may deploy troops on border to address migrant ‘ crisis’

■ Orders deployment of troops on border to address migrant ‘ crisis’

Washington, May 7: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he could take more radical anti- immigration measures, threatening that he could “close up the country” if Congress does not fund his controversial border wall with Mexico, drawing sharp criticism from a top IndianAmerican Democrat lawmaker.

Trump has escalated his rhetoric against illegal immigration in recent weeks, especially in the wake of an annual migrant caravan that is seeking asylum in the US. He has also ordered the National Guard to deploy troops to the border to address what the administration calls a “crisis” there. Addressing his supporters in Cleveland, Ohio, Trump slipped in the idea that people might “have to think about closing up the country.” “They don't want the wall, but we're going to get the wall, even if we have to think about closing up the country for a while,” Trump was quoted as saying by CNN.

“We're going to get the wall. We have no choice. And we're going to get tremendous security in our country,” he said.

President Trump has made it clear that he plans to build an “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall” between the US and Mexico. The border is about 3,100 km long and traverses all sorts of terrain. Trump says his wall will cover 1,600 km and natural obstacles will cover the rest.