Donald Trump tours Mexican border with Texas Thursday July 23,2015

 

Donald Trump has visited the Texas town of Laredo, on the US-Mexico border, vowing to tackle immigration.

 

Donald Trump arrived wearing a hat with his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again".

Border security and immigration have been two key topics for Mr Trump since he announced his candidacy.
A local branch of border patrol agents who were going to host the Laredo event pulled out at the last minute.
The National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 said in a statement: "After careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council at the National level, it has been decided... to pull out of all events involving Donald Trump."
Mr Trump's campaign said the group was "silenced directly from superiors in Washington who do not want people to know how bad it is on the border".
"They're afraid of saying what's happening. They were told 'silencio'. If I win, believe me, we'll get things straightened out," he added.

Donald Trump said they were "scared".