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Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump kept up the pressure on Mexico Wednesday to halt groups of migrants heading to the American border, as the US enters the final stretch of campaigning before key midterm elections.
Trump has sought to put immigration front and center ahead of next week’s hotly-contested vote, ordering thousands of troops to the southern border and threatening to end automatic citizenship for US-born children of immigrants.
“The Caravans are made up of some very tough fighters and people. Fought back hard and viciously against Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through. Mexican soldiers hurt, were unable, or unwilling to stop Caravan. Should stop them before they reach our Border, but won’t!” Trump tweeted.
The administration has sent mixed messages over of Mexico’s actions, praising it for trying to help while pushing it to do more.
Trump had previously thanked Mexico for deploying anti-riot forces to the country’s southern border, and White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Fox News Wednesday that “Mexico has stepped up in an unprecedented way.”
The groups of migrants Trump has sought to cast as a threat to the United States are still in southern Mexico, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the US border.
