Ann Coulter Suggests U.S. Military Could Invade Mexico To Stop Migrant Caravan
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Ann Coulter weighed in on immigration issues during a Fox News interview.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has suggested the U.S. military could invade Mexico to stop a migrant caravan from Central America.
During an appearance on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" Friday, Coulter was lamenting the lack of Trump's promised border wall to stop such migrant caravans from entering the U.S., when she said: "The military can't really do anything standing on our side of the border. What are they going to do--shoot the invaders? But they could invade. They could go in 10 yards into Mexico."
Coulter added: "We didn't ask for Iraq's approval to go in. We didn't ask for Afghanistan's approval to go in."
Her comments come on the heels of a report Friday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was expected to approve the deployment of 800-plus additional U.S. troops to the border with Mexico in response to the advancing caravan.
The group, estimated to be in the thousands, is said to be coming largely from troubled countries including Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
President Trump, meanwhile, has publicly spoken out against the caravan, tweeting Monday: "Sadly, it looks like Mexico's Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National [Emergency]. Must change laws!"
He added Thursday: "To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!"
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has suggested the U.S. military could invade Mexico to stop a migrant caravan from Central America.
During an appearance on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" Friday, Coulter was lamenting the lack of Trump's promised border wall to stop such migrant caravans from entering the U.S., when she said: "The military can't really do anything standing on our side of the border. What are they going to do--shoot the invaders? But they could invade. They could go in 10 yards into Mexico."
Coulter added: "We didn't ask for Iraq's approval to go in. We didn't ask for Afghanistan's approval to go in."
Her comments come on the heels of a report Friday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was expected to approve the deployment of 800-plus additional U.S. troops to the border with Mexico in response to the advancing caravan.
The group, estimated to be in the thousands, is said to be coming largely from troubled countries including Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
President Trump, meanwhile, has publicly spoken out against the caravan, tweeting Monday: "Sadly, it looks like Mexico's Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National [Emergency]. Must change laws!"
He added Thursday: "To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!"