Trump immediately eliminates the threat of closure of the southern border and declares that he will give "a year's warning" to Mexico on drugs and migrants

President Trump withdrew Thursday from his threat to immediately close the southern border, telling reporters at the White House that he was warning Mexico of a "one-year warning" before moving on to the action.

Trump had said that he would close the border or at least large portions of it, this week if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration to the United States.

But during Thursday's exchange with reporters, Trump shifted gears, saying that if Mexico did not make progress in the fight against drug and migrant drug trafficking in the United States over the next year, it would impose tariffs on cars and close the border.

"We will give them one year's notice and, if the drugs do not stop in large part, we will impose tariffs on Mexico and its products, especially cars. . . And if it does not stop the drug, we close the border, "said Trump.

Trump's remarks were a marked change from Wednesday's message, when he threatened to close the border if Congress did not "fix" the "loopholes" of US immigration law "immediately."

The apparent recovery comes as advisers and business leaders have warned that closing the 2,000-kilometer border with Mexico, the third-largest trading partner of the United States, could have devastating economic effects for both countries.

Members of Trump's own party also warned him.

"Closing the border would have a potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country, and I hope we will not," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Said Tuesday.

Democrats continue to look for ways to cancel the emergency declaration at the Trump border, which he plans to use to transfer tens of billions of dollars from other congressionally funded projects aimed at construction of a border wall.

The bipartisan legal advisory group, composed of top House leaders, voted Thursday in a private session to authorize a dispute between Trump's actions. Democrats and some Republicans say it circumvents unconstitutionally the power of Congress to direct federal credits.

Five-member panel vote – composed of Chair Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), Major-in-Right James E. Clyburn (DS.C .) and minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and minority whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) had 3-2 against the ranks of the party, according to Hoyer.

Pelosi said in a statement on Thursday that Trump "was stealing appropriate funds."

"The Congress, as Article I – the first co-equal branch with the other branches – must reaffirm its exclusive responsibilities reserved by the text of the Constitution and protect our system from checks and balances," she said. .

A Democratic assistant said that even if the vote allowed future litigation, no lawsuit was imminent.

Mike DeBonis, John Wagner and Nick Miroff contributed to this report.