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By Toluse Olorunnipa, Shannon Pettypiece, and Alyza Sebenius

November 26, 2018 at 11:43 PM UTC

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November 27, 2018 at 2:27 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump threatened to close the border with Mexico “for a long time” if authorities there can’t quell attempts by large groups of migrants to cross into the U.S.

“Violence” would prompt him to shut the border, Trump told reporters traveling with him in Mississippi on Monday. “If they do a charge. With a closed border, it’s very easy to stop.”