Trump Gives a <br />Deadline to Close <br />the US/Mexico Border President Donald Trump <br />repeated his threat to shut <br />the Southern U.S. Border in <br />a series of tweets on Friday. The Justice Department declined <br />to comment on whether or not <br />Trump could legally close the border. Customs and Border Protection <br />Commissioner Kevin McAleenan <br />described the situation with the U.S. <br />immigration system as "at the breaking point." Department of Homeland <br />Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen <br />said the influx of migrants at the <br />border is a "cascading crisis." In an series of tweets <br />from December of last year, <br />the President threatened <br />to close "the whole border."
