The Trump administration has directed Customs and Border Protection to speed its planned surge of 750 officers to assist the US Border Patrol along areas of the southern border where there has been an influx of migrants crossing into the US from Mexico
She also told the border agency, which is overseen by DHS, to look at adding possibly more than 2,000 officers to the border areas.Nielsen also directed the immediate expansion of the administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings, calling for"hundreds of additional migrants" to be returned to Mexico each day.
"Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our detention areas are maxed out & we will take no more illegals. Next step is to close the Border! This will also help us with stopping the Drug flow from Mexico!" Trump tweeted Saturday.
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