Trump to Illegals: ‘The System Is Full, Turn Around’

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President Donald Trump called on people attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally to turn around, saying our border security and immigration system is overwhelmed by an influx of migrants from Central American countries.

“It’s a colossal surge and it’s overwhelming our immigration system, and we can’t let that happen,” Trump told a roundtable on immigration and border security in Calexico, California, on April 5. “So, as I say, and this is our new statement: The system is full. Can’t take you anymore. Whether it’s asylum, whether it’s anything you want, it’s illegal immigration. We can’t take you anymore. We can’t take you. Our country is full. Our area is full. The sector is full. Can’t take you anymore, I’m sorry. Can’t happen. So turn around. That’s the way it is.”

Trump visited the border city about 85 miles east of San Diego to inspect a new section of 30-feet tall border fence, as well as to discuss with border and immigration authorities what needs to be done to counter the rising tide of illegal immigration.

Most of the migrants come from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and the majority of them are families and children. They usually surrender to authorities and ask for asylum, although about 90 percent of them end up having their application denied.  read more