Speaking at the US southern border, Vance said the administration's focus on stamping out illegal immigration and on designating gangs as terrorist organizations was aimed primarily at stemming the flow of drugs into the United States.
Vance's comments came after Trump used a joint session of Congress to rail against what he called the “open border” policies of former president Joe Biden, and issued a blood-curdling warning over criminal gangs operating in Mexico.
“They have total control over a whole nation. Posing a grave threat to our national security.
Vance, the most senior figure in Trump's administration to visit the border, said there was no talk of US military forces crossing into Mexico to tackle the gangs, which he said were now classified alongside the so-called Islamic State group as “terrorists.”
“I’m not going to make any announcements about any invasions of Mexico here today,“ he said.
The administration would rather that Mexico dealt with the issue, he said.
“We’re hopeful that they will, and if they don’t, then of course, we’ll figure out what to do from there.”
Vance was speaking in Eagle Pass, a major crossing point between Mexico and the United States, where he had travelled with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
“It’s incredible to hear from our partners about what we’ve been able to allow them to do, facilitate them, and we’ve seen it in the numbers, 98 percent drop in crossings on the southern border,“ he said, without giving a time frame.
And, he promised, more resources were on their way.
Trump campaigned heavily on stemming migration into the US, an issue that proved popular with anxious voters.
He continues to claim that migrants are responsible for the majority of criminality in the country, despite evidence that the US-born population commits far more crimes per capita.
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