The president said some of the people crossing the border were ending up dead from the journey on Americans' ranches. 'Many, many dead people,' Trump said, referring to migrants who he said had died after making the journey. 'Also they come in and raid their houses, and it's
SAN ANTONIO - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would have to mobilize more of the military at the U.S. border with Mexico after listening to stories about migrants crossing the border from people attending a Republican fundraiser.The president said some of the people crossing the border were ending up dead from the journey on Americans' ranches. He interrupted his discussion with Republican donors to bring in reporters to listen to the stories about the border.
There are currently about 5,000 active-duty and National Guard troops near the border, though that number fluctuates. Trump in February had deployed an additional 3,750 U.S. troops to the country's southwestern border to support Customs and Border Protection agents. Trump, who drew sharp criticism for saying during the 2016 presidential campaign that Mexico was sending rapists and drug runners to the United States, said on Wednesday that those comments were tame compared to the stories he had heard since.
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