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He said as much during a rally in Michigan last week.
No, PDJT *DID* threaten to close the borders completely. Some (the news media) apparently have forgotten that there was a period of 40+ years that our borders WERE closed and we didn't allow immigration to America except under very specific circumstances so the country could "melt" together and those who immigrated here could be assimilated.
PDJT rightly recognizes that those who come here now DO NOT WANT TO assimilate - rather they want to bring their third-world shithole ways here with them AND WE DON'T WANT THAT CRAP!