Trump ready to close the government on border security

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.-U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if the Democrats refused to vote for his immigration proposals, including a US-Mexican border wall.

Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, minimize the chance of a halt in the run-up to the November elections. Trump, however, does not back down from the idea.

"I would be ready to" close "the government if Democrats do not give us votes for border security, which includes the wall!" Trump tweeted. "Must get rid of lottery, catch & release etc and finally go to a MERIT based immigration system!"

"We need great people coming to our country!" Trump says.

Ryan said after the meeting, "The President is ready to be patient to make sure we get what we need so we can get there." He added that the money for the wall was "not a question of if, it's a question of when."

is campaigning on the promise to build a border wall to deter illegal immigration and make pay the Mexico for that.Mexico refused.

Congress has granted funds to the president, but far from the $ 25 billion (US) that he has requested.Trump wants changes to legal immigration , including the scrapping of a visa lottery program.In addition, he wants to end the practice of releasing illegal immigrants taken to the country on the condition that they come to the hearings of the court.

Trump also demanded that the United States adopt a system of based on merit and less.

Democrats and some Republicans opposed some of the changes that Trump seeks to obtain

The federal fiscal year ends on September 30 and lawmakers will spend a good portion of their August months to campaign for their reelection. The House is now on vacation, returning after Labor Day. The Senate remains in session and should go on vacation the week of August 6 before returning for the rest of the month. McConnell has canceled most Senate vacations to give senators time to work on the annual expenditures that fund government operations.

Both chambers will have a short deadline to approve a spending bill before the expiry of government funding. a political risk when he pbades most government functions on October 1 – the first day of the new fiscal year – about a month before the elections of November 6, when the Republican control of the House and Senate is in [19659002] Some Republican legislators doubted that the government would be forced to close

Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, said on CBS's site Face the Nation that he did not think that closing the government just before the elections would be helpful "Then let's try to avoid He."

Rep. Steve Stivers, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm for candidates for the GOP House, has agreed.

"I think we'll make sure we keep the government open, but we're going to have better immigration policies," he said on ABC This Week . " The president, I think, wants us to have policies that work for America and for Americans, and I think that's what we're going to do. "

House Republicans published a project $ 5 billion spending law next year to build the Trump Wall

Democrats have long opposed the funding of Trump 's Wall but are voicing their voices themselves to block the bill. Approval of this amount by the House, however, they have the strength to derail legislation in the very divided Senate.

The $ 5 billion far exceed the $ 1.6 billion provided in the Senate version of the draft law, who would finance the security department The higher amount corresponds to what Trump sought privately in conversations with Republican lawmakers, according to a congressional GOP badistant who was not allowed to speak publicly about private discussions and spoke under conditionality. 39; anonymity. from New York and California, Lucille Roybal-Allard, called the $ 5 billion wasted "which only accentuates the obsession of this administration for cruel attacks against immigrants."

Separately on Sunday, Trump tweeted that there are "consequences" when people cross our border illegally.

Trump's tweet arrived several days after the government declared that more than 1,800 children had separated at the US-Mexican border under Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration. the policy was reunited with parents and sponsors. A federal judge ordered that the meetings be completed last Thursday, but hundreds of children remain separated. The administration says that some of their parents have a criminal background

"Please understand, there are consequences when people cross our border illegally, whether or not they have any children – and many use children for their own sinister purposes.

He also said that Congress needed to fix "DUMBEST & PUT immigration laws everywhere in the world!" and urged voters to "Vote" R. "