President Trump arrives in Calexico, visiting border
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3:17 P.M.
Trump has left Calexico and is on his way to Los Angeles, Calif.
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2:07 P.M.
President Donald Trump has arrived at the border wall in Calexico.
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1:34 P.M.
Drivers should avoid Highway 111 at this time.
1:32 P.M.
President Donald Trump finished meeting with local law enforcement officials and is now heading to the border in Calexico.
1:07 P.M.
Cole Boulevard in the Imperial Valley has been blocked off due to security measures for the President’s motorcade arrival in Calexico.
1:01 P.M.
President Donald Trump says his administration is ensuring the country knows “this is an actual emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Associated Press.
Trump traveled Friday to Southern California to meet with local law enforcement officials and tour a section of recently rebuilt fencing he cites as the answer to a surge of migrant families coming to the U.S. in recent months.
Trump says the administration is making progress in building a border wall and says he expects “close to 400 miles” to be completed within the next two years.
The fence that Trump is touring in Calexico is a two-mile section that was a long-planned replacement for an older barrier, rather than new wall.
Trump says of the border wall, “We’ve done a lot, we’ve renovated a lot.”
12:40 P.M.
President Donald Trump has arrived in Calexico and is meeting with local law enforcement officials.
12:12 P.M.
President Trump is on his way to Calexico to participate in a roundtable and meet with local law enforcement officials. Trump will also receive a briefing and tour of the recently completed section of the wall.
11:30 A.M.
President Trump has arrived at the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, Calif.
Trump will be in Calexico Friday to meet with local law enforcement officials. The president will also receive a briefing and tour of the recently completed section of the wall.
9:10 A.M.
News 11 has received word that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has arrived at the Naval Air Force Base in El Centro, Calif.
8:22 A.M.
Trump, talking to reporters as he left the White House to head out west, denied that he changed his mind about shutting down the border with Mexico, a threat he backed off on Thursday, this is according to the Associated Press.
AP said Trump said he reversed course because he saw Mexico get tougher in stopping illegal immigrants from moving north.
“Mexico has been absolutely terrific for the last four days,” the president claimed, as he pushed Congress to act. “I never changed my mind at all. I may shut it down at some point,” according to AP.
6:24 A.M.
President Donald Trump is officially on his way to Calexico.
Trump tweeted “Heading to the Southern Border to show a section of the new Wall being built! Leaving now!”
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President Donald Trump will be in Calexico Friday to meet with local law enforcement officials. The president will also receive a briefing and tour of the recently completed section of the wall.
