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"Now we’re going for the full funding for the wall, and we’re
going to try and get that as soon as possible," Trump said at a
roundtable with California municipal leaders who favor his goal
of making the U.S. border impervious to illegal immigration.
Last month Trump threatened to shut down the federal government
in September if Congress did not provide more funding for his
wall. If that happens, it would mark the second time in one year
the U.S. government was shuttered over immigration, with an
impasse leading to a brief shutdown in January.
Center and right-wing lawmakers from Trump's Republican party
are split on legislation that would protect young illegal
immigrants from deportation, torn over how far it should go to
clamp down on legal and illegal immigration.
At the roundtable Trump voiced hostility for the country's
southern neighbor, Mexico, which is partnering with the United
States and Canada in an unprecedented bid to host the World Cup
in all three countries. It is also a part of the North American
Free Trade Agreement that Trump would like to renegotiate or
end.
"Mexico does nothing for us," he said. "Mexico talks but they do
nothing for us, especially at the border. They certainly don't
help us much on trade."
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert and James Oliphant; editing by Grant
McCool and James Dalgleish)
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