Trump: Military to guard US-mexico border, until wall is built

Washington, April 5: US President Donald Trump, further escalating his rhetoric on illegal immigration, has said that the military will be sent to guard the US-Mexico border until his long-promised border wall is built.

Speaking to reporters during a news conference with the Presidents of three Baltic nations -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- Trump on Tuesday described existing immigration laws as "lax and ineffective".

"We have horrible, horrible and very unsafe laws in the US," Trump said. "We are preparing for the military to secure our border between Mexico and the US."

He continued: "We cannot have people flowing into our country illegally, disappearing, and by the way never showing up for court." Trump said he would soon meet Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to discuss having the US military deployed to the border, the US media reported.