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October 19, 2018

Honduran Caravan Continues to U.S. as Trump Threatens Central American Leaders
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In immigration news, a migrant caravan of about 4,000 Hondurans is
continuing its journey toward the U.S. border, as the migrants flee
rampant violence and economic deprivation. Trump has lashed out against
the caravan on Twitter, attacking at turns Democrats, his Central
American counterparts and the migrants. Trump has also threatened to cut
foreign aid to Central American countries, nullify the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal if Mexico doesn't stop the migrants, and
even deploy troops to "close" the border. The United States faced
widespread criticism last year for backing the re-election of Honduran
President Juan Orlando Hernández, despite allegations of widespread
election fraud.


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