Closing ports puts political pressure. It also frees up more CBP to deal with the “asylum seeker” mess all along the border.
I am very aware can’t close the whole border without a wall thank you. I live in the New Mexico bootheel where our border fence is a wire cattle fence only. I have illegals come to my home, watch high speed chases with smugglers- all that fun that goes with that. I have been dealing with border issues many years.
We need a wall, we also need Congress to change our asylum laws, and if Mexico allows illegals to enter to come here, they need to be stuck with them.
closing ports does not close the Mexican border. The statement alone is propaganda. It gins up the crowd at rallies and it is literally inaccurate.