' Pathetic ' Domocrats For Migrant Children Deaths Blamed By Trump

'The death of children or other people on the border is strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long journey thinking they can enter our country illegally. If we had a wall, I would not even try! 'Donald Trump said on Twitter.

Washington:

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused opposition members of the deaths of two immigrant children in American custody. The minister's remarks are expected to exacerbate tensions as the government's second week of closure began demanding a wall at the US-Mexico border.

"The death of children or other people on the border is strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long journey thinking they can enter our country illegally. can not, if we had a wall, I would not even try! ", said Trump on Twitter.

His comments came after the separate death of two Guatemalan children aged seven and eight, who illegally crossed the border with relatives who were detained by the US Border Patrol.

The tweet curbed Trump's tone after a previous Twitter message saying that the next stage of the eight-day budget debate on the financing of the border wall belonged to the Democrats.

"I'm in the White House and I'm waiting for the Democrats to come forward and sign an agreement on border security," Trump said on Twitter.

I am in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what I hear, they are spending so much time on Presidential Harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018

But members of Congress, most of them home for the holidays, kept low profiles, and there were no evident signs of any imminent breakthrough.

Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can't. If we had a Wall, they wouldn't even try! The two.....

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018

...children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn't given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2018

A Democrat representative, Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania, said in a tweet posted by his staff that Trump "is reaching new heights with these ridiculous tweets, his administration is the cause of the pain and suffering that is happening at the border. what he says "will change this truth. "

Others described Trump's tweets as "troubling" and pointed out that US immigration policies have been in place for years without children dying in government custody.

US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, was in Yuma, Arizona, to frontline border operations after announcing last week that the United States would take "extraordinary" protection measures to deal with a wave of immigrants in detention.

Eight-year-old Felipe Gomez, who collapsed after a fever, died in the United States after traveling with his father, Agustin Gomez, from an indigenous community in Guatemala.

He died the same day that Jakelin Caal, a young Guatemalan who died earlier this month in United States custody in similar circumstances, was buried in his home village.

In the past two months, US Border Patrol officers have apprehended 139,817 people on the southwestern border, up from 74,946 in the same period last year, Nielsen said.

More than 68,500 were "family units" and nearly 14,000 were unaccompanied children, she said, and the system was pushed to the "limit".

When the closure began on Dec. 22, affecting a quarter of the federal government, Trump canceled his plan to spend the end of year vacation in Florida and vowed to stay at the White House - although he did a quick and unexpected trip to the United States. troops in Iraq.

But as he tries to pressure the Democrats to help them finance the border wall, he sees it as an urgent priority - even threatening to close the border if no agreement is reached - the Democrats seem categorical in their refusal to pay for a project they consider a loss of money.

Some conservative Republicans, meanwhile, also seem determined to push for the wall.

Trump has demanded $ 5 billion for the construction of walls - although the White House has shown flexibility on this number - while Democrats have proposed not to spend more than $ 1.3 billion for security measures. including no wall.
 
A Vow To Reopen Government

Nancy Pelosi, who is expected to be House speaker in the new Congress, has vowed to 'swiftly' reopen the government once her Democrats take control of that chamber from the Republicans on Thursday.

She said Democrats "will govern responsibly in stark contrast to this chaotic White House."

Trump had previously blamed Democrats for policies he said had forced his administration to separate some children from their parents at the border, a claim widely seen as specious.

The effects of the shutdown have been slow to appear -- many of the 800,000 government employees sent home or working without pay would have been off for the holidays anyway -- but once the New Year arrives, pressure will grow.

The popular Smithsonian museums and National Zoo in Washington, for example, said they found money to stay open through New Year's Day but will close on January 2 if the standoff continues.

While most of the US military is unaffected, about 42,000 Coast Guard members are working without pay. That branch falls under the Department of Homeland Security, not the Pentagon.

This is the third government shutdown of the year, following shorter closures in January and February.

Shutdowns have rarely been popular with the public.