US President Donald Trump has indicated 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 top Indian-American 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 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.