President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to building a massive border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, touting his early success in stymying illegal border crossings.

"We will build the wall, no matter how low this number gets or how high. Don’t even think about it," Trump said at the National Rifle Association's Leadership Summit in Atlanta. "They are trying to use this number against us. We have done so unbelievably at the borders already, they are trying to use it against us."

"But you need that wall to start the human trafficking, to stop the drugs, to stop the wrong people. We’ve already seen a 73 percent decrease of illegal immigration on the southern border since my election."

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The number of undocumented immigrants caught trying cross the U.S. border with Mexico has sunk in recent months — an early sign that his tough talk and executive actions on immigration have deterred illegal border crossings.



Trump vowed on the campaign trail to build a wall along the U.S.'s southern border, and signed an executive order during his first week in office authorizing its construction.

But he has come under fire from conservative supporters of the wall in recent days, after he backed away from demands that Congress include funding for the wall in a government funding measure. Democratic lawmakers vowed to block any spending bill that included funding for the wall.

Since then, Trump has promised to build the wall during his first term in office, though questions still remain over how to fund the massive project, which could cost more than $20 billion, according to some estimates.