President Donald Trump lashed out today at Mexico, Democrats and the US Congress in a furious tirade triggered by images of a "caravan" of hundreds of migrants headed for the US border.
For the second straight day, Trump took to Twitter to attack Mexico for allowing the group of Central Americans to march unimpeded toward the United States, their daily progress mapped out by Buzzfeed and other US media.
He threatened to abrogate NAFTA, the US-Mexico-Canada free trade pact, and demanded Congress pass tougher immigration legislation and support his plan for a massive wall along the Mexican frontier.
He also declared he no longer supported a replacement for DACA, the program that had offered protection against deportation to some 700,000 undocumented immigrants, most of them Mexicans, who came to the US as children.
"Mexico has the absolute power not to let these large 'Caravans' of people enter their country," the president wrote.
"Mexico is making a fortune on NAFTA...They have very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic," he added.
"With all of the money they make from the US, hopefully they will stop people from coming through their country and into ours, at least until Congress changes our immigration laws!"
"Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!"
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