President Trump reaffirms that U.S. troops stationed at the border will arrest migrants if they become violent.
The President reaffirmed the group will not pass into the U.S. on Friday, just days after the White House deployed over 5,000 troops to secure the border.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Huntington, W.Va., and Indianapolis for campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
This after members of the migrant group reportedly pelted Mexican military forces with rocks this week.
The president maintained that troops will not use excessive force to corral the migrants, but said violence will not be tolerated.
“We’re not going to stand for people doing what they did to the Mexican military and the Mexican police. What they did to those people, they were very badly hurt, very badly injured, the military and the police. What they did with rocks being thrown at their faces, not going to happen to our soldiers.” -President Trump
This comes after President Trump announced the White House could send as many as 15,000 troops to secure the border.
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