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"Arizona, together with our Military and Border Patrol, is
bracing for a massive surge at a NON-WALLED area. WE WILL NOT
LET THEM THROUGH," Trump wrote in a post on Twitter, appearing
to maintain pressure on lawmakers seeking to approve legislation
to keep the government open through to Sept. 30 next year.
Representatives for the White House, the Department of Homeland
Security and the Pentagon did not respond immediately to
requests for comments.
It was unclear if Trump had a specific group of migrants in
mind.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that
border agents in Arizona had apprehended two groups of families
from Honduras and Guatemala comprising a total of 124 migrants
who had crossed into the United States.
The U.S. Congress approved a stopgap two-week spending bill on
Thursday but lawmakers still need to agree on a longer-term
funding measure to fund government agencies until the end of the
fiscal year in September.
Trump, who has made the construction of the wall a foundation of
his presidency, has demanded $5 billion this year from Congress
for the boundary and has threatened to shut down the government
if lawmakers do not accede.
Democrats have argued the wall would be ineffective at ending
illegal migration and stemming the flow of illicit drugs across
the border.
(Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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