BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-26-18] demanded that Mexico deport the caravans of asylum-seeking migrants pressing up against the U.S. border ‘anyway you want,’ threatening to close off the U.S. border “permanently if need be’…Chaos broke out at the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana, Mexico, over the weekend as U.S. authorities deployed tear gas on migrants who had rushed the border. The San Ysidro port of entry, one of the busiest crossings into the U.S., was completely shut down on Sunday [11-25-18] morning before reopening Sunday night. The clash prompted Mexico’s Interior Ministry to vow that it would increase security at the border. The ministry said it had arrested more than three dozen migrants who ‘violently’ attempted to breach the border, according to The Associated Press. The Trump administration reached a tentative deal over the weekend with the administration of incoming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that would keep the migrants in Mexico while their U.S. asylum claims are processed, rather than allowing them to remain in the U.S. during that time.”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump threatens border shutdown if Mexico doesn’t remove migrants,” Politico, November 26, 2018 7:22 am