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Border Dispatch: Trump Visits Calexico, Says U.S. Is "Full" | Kate Morrissey, Kristina Davis

Episode Summary

President Donald Trump met with law enforcement during a visit to Calexico Friday, emphasizing the “absolute emergency” on the border and warning that the asylum system drawing a surge of migrants was full. “We can’t take anymore, folks,” Trump told an audience of Border Patrol agents, federal officials and reporters gathered at the Border Patrol station. Agents who were invited to speak at the roundtable thanked the president for building two miles of replacement fencing in the desert town — repeatedly stressing how walls work — but pleaded for more resources, including manpower and technology. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2019-04-05/trump-enroute-to-calexico-to-push-for-hardened-border

Episode Notes

President Donald Trump met with law enforcement during a visit to Calexico Friday, emphasizing the “absolute emergency” on the border and warning that the asylum system drawing a surge of migrants was full.
“We can’t take anymore, folks,” Trump told an audience of Border Patrol agents, federal officials and reporters gathered at the Border Patrol station.
Agents who were invited to speak at the roundtable thanked the president for building two miles of replacement fencing in the desert town — repeatedly stressing how walls work — but pleaded for more resources, including manpower and technology.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2019-04-05/trump-enroute-to-calexico-to-push-for-hardened-border