President Trump Would Be Right To Fully Shut Down The U.S.-Mexico Border

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Over the weekend, the Trump Administration further pushed its threat to fully close the U.S.-Mexico border amid the unprecedented migrant crisis transpiring there. "If they don’t stop [the migrant influx], we are closing the border. We’ll close it. And we’ll keep it closed for a long time. I’m not playing games," Trump said Friday, according to The Washington Post. And on Saturday, the president tweeted: "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!"

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!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2019

The president is right to call attention to the unsustainable situation at our beleaguered southern border: A self-spiraling maelstrom of largely bogus "credible fear" asylum claims (the denial of which now shockingly includes a purported right to appeal, per the leftist-dominated U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit), a combination of the Flores consent decree settlement working in noxious tandem with our physically limited bed space at detainment facilities, and self-defeating catch-and-release policies with respect to countless illegal aliens absconding into the nation's interior — sometimes to murderous effect — prior to their mandated removal hearings.

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