Trump administration officials are reportedly in a state of “panic,” in Politico’s words, over how to keep President Trump from closing down the southern border as he has threatened to do via Twitter.
Several administration officials who spoke to Politico described the White House as “freaked out” over the harm a border shutdown could cause. Panic is so high that officials are even considering working with Congress on the issue: they’re scrambling to put together some type of legislative fix that would “tighten immigration laws,” Politico reported.
Trump threatened on Twitter last week he’d close the southern border (or portions of it) if Mexico didn’t figure out a way to halt “illegal immigration immediately.”
