Trump aides stress president's resolve to close US-Mexico border

Members of the Trump administration on Sunday defended the president's vow to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, referring to a "crisis" in the number of migrants attempting to cross over.

President Trump threatened earlier this week to shut down the border in response to growing warnings from the administration about a crisis at the border.

Trump said multiple times last week that he could close parts of the border unless Mexico's government immediately stopped illegal crossings and while also blaming Democrats for "weak immigration laws" for making record high immigration numbers possible.

On Friday, he said there is “there’s a very good likelihood” he would shut down the border.

“Mexico is going to have to do something, otherwise I’m closing the border. I’ll just close the border. And with a deficit like we have with Mexico and have had for many years, closing the border would be a profit-making operation. When you close the border also you will stop a lot of the drugs from coming in,” Trump added to reporters in Florida.