BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] lashed out over a caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States, saying that if Mexico does not stop them, he will use the military to ‘CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.’ Trump tweeted that he wanted ‘Mexico to stop this onslaught.’ He also suggested that it could jeopardize a revamped trade deal with Mexico and Canada, which is waiting to be signed by each country’s leader. Trump did not detail his military threat. Earlier this year, some National Guard members were deployed to the border on a limited mission that does not include contact with migrants. More than 2,000 Hondurans are in a migrant caravan trying to reach the United States. Mexico’s government says migrants with proper documents can enter Mexico and those who don’t either have to apply for refugee status or face deportation.”
–The Associated Press, “Trump Threatens Mexico Over Migrant Caravan,” The New York Times online, October 18, 2018