President Trump said Tuesday that he agrees with sentiments expressed by then-Sen. Barack Obama, who said that those who employ illegal immigrants are disrespecting U.S. law.
“I agree with President Obama 100%!” Trump tweeted, with a video of Obama speaking when he was still a Democratic senator for Illinois.
I agree with President Obama 100%! pic.twitter.com/PI3aW1Zh5Q
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 23, 2018
“Those who enter the country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law,” Obama said in the clip. “We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.”
Currently a caravan with thousands of migrants is making its way to the U.S. border through way of Mexico.
The U.S. and Mexico came to an agreement last week that was supposed to help stop the migrants from potentially crossing into the U.S. illegally, but the solution has not seemed to stop the progression of the caravan so far.
Last week, the first batch of migrants from the caravan that originated in Honduras reached the Guatemalan-Mexican border, tore down fences, and charged over a bridge between the two countries to enter Mexico.
Trump has blamed Democrats for the caravan and flow of illegal immigration into the U.S., bashing weak border security and immigration laws.