Trump: US to cut aid to Central America over migrant-caravan
What's the story
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States will begin cutting aid to three Central American nations because of their governments' failure to stop a migrant caravan headed for the US border. "We will now begin cutting off, or substantially reducing, the massive foreign aid that the United States provides to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador," he said. Here's more.
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Trump calls caravan's approach a national emergency
In a series of tweets, Trump called the caravan's approach a national emergency and said he has alerted the US border patrol and military, setting the stage for a confrontation when the swelling mass of migrants reaches the border.
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Already alerted Border Patrol about the national emergency: Trump
Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy. Must change laws!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018
Migrant Caravan
Efforts to hold back migrant caravan at Guatemala-Mexico border failed
Thousands of people who were seeking to escape poverty and violence in their homelands have been pushed into Mexico despite efforts to hold back the migrant caravan at a bridge on the Guatemala-Mexico border. Around 3,000 migrants reached the city of Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas on Sunday after a seven-hour trek from the Guatemalan border.
Blaming Democrats
Every time you see a caravan, blame the Democrats: Trump
Trump has used the crisis, which comes two weeks before US midterm elections, as a cudgel against Democrats, reviving the immigrant-bashing rhetoric that helped get him elected in 2016. "Every time you see a Caravan attempting to come into our Country illegally, blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic Immigration Laws! Remember the Midterms!" he tweeted.
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This is what Trump tweeted for Democrats
Every time you see a Caravan, or people illegally coming, or attempting to come, into our Country illegally, think of and blame the Democrats for not giving us the votes to change our pathetic Immigration Laws! Remember the Midterms! So unfair to those who come in legally.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2018