WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to dispatch at least 800 active-duty troops to the southern border at the direction of a president who has sought to transform fears about immigration into electoral gains in the midterms as a caravan of thousands of migrants makes its way through Mexico....
Weary Migrants Still Far From Reaching US Border
HUIXTLA, Mexico — Thousands of Central American migrants awoke Tuesday in a makeshift encampment in a rain-soaked town square in far-southern Mexico, some weary, foot-sore and coughing, still distant from their goal of reaching the U.S. border. The caravan, estimated to include more than 7,000 people, had advanced about 45...
Migrants Defy Threats, Prepare to Cross Into Mexico
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Members of a 3,000-strong U.S.-bound migrant caravan massed in a Guatemalan border town and prepared to begin crossing the muddy Suchiate River to Mexico Friday, in spite of U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation. The first members of the group began arriving in Tecun Uman...
Trump Threatens Honduran Caravan That's Moved Into Guatemala
ESQUIPULAS, Guatemala — Hundreds of Hondurans hoping to reach the United States bedded down for the night in the Guatemalan town of Esquipulas after that country's authorities blinked first in attempts to halt their advance. U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, threatened on Tuesday to cut aid to Honduras if it...
US-Bound Honduran Migrant Caravan Crosses Guatemala Border
OCOTOPEQUE, Honduras — A caravan of hundreds of Honduran migrants crossed the Guatemalan border under a broiling sun Monday hoping to make it to new lives in the United States, far from the poverty and violence of their home nation. Singing the Honduran national anthem, praying and chanting, "Yes, we...
Zakaria: Trump Misleads on Immigrants to Stoke Fear
Illegal migration into the United States is at the lowest level on record, according to a 2017 report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Despite this fact, Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria says President Trump is manufacturing a border control crisis to stoke fears within his base ahead of the...