“We have no wall, we have no border security. Without a border you don’t have a country,” President Trump said on Tuesday.
“Under current law, we have only two policy options to respond to this massive crisis. We can either release all illegal immigrant families and minors who show up at the border from Central America - or we can arrest the adults for the federal crime of illegal entry. Those are the only two options. Totally open borders or criminal prosecution for lawbreaking,” the president told the audience at an anniversary celebration at the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
“Keep in mind, those who apply for asylum legally at ports of entry are not prosecuted. The fake news media back there doesn’t talk about that. They’re fake. They are helping these smugglers and these traffickers like you wouldn’t believe.”
“So what I’m asking Congress to do is give us a third option, which we have been requesting since last year, the legal authority to detain and properly remove families together as a unit. We have to be able do this. This is the only solution to the border crisis. We have to stop child smuggling, this is the way to do it,” Trump said.