President Trump on Saturday insisted that troops will be stationed at the southern border for “as long as necessary,” despite calls to send the service members home for Thanksgiving.
Trump spoke with reporters at the White House before leaving for a trip to California, saying troops have built a “very beautiful fence.”
“The fence is fully manned, nobody gets through,” Trump said. “When they’re caught, they’re not released.”
Trump ordered U.S. troops to the U.S.-Mexico border last month in the lead-up to the midterm elections, saying they were necessary ahead of the arrival of a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers. – READ MORE