The President of The United States Donald Trump said the country will begin the repatriation of millions of illegal migrants from next week.
In a pair of tweets Monday night, Trump, said: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would next week begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States."
"They will be removed as fast as they come in," he wrote.
He added that “Guatemala is getting ready to sign a Safe-Third Agreement,” an apparent reference to a pact in which migrants entering Guatemalan territory would have to apply for refugee status there, not in the United States.
The US is facing a surge in migrant arrivals from Guatemala and other impoverished Central American countries which are plagued by gang violence.
The numbers have overwhelmed the ability of US authorities to temporarily shelter and process them.
Trump has called it “an invasion,” and has made the fight against illegal migration a central plank of his administration.
