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Trump to deploy US military on Mexican border

Honduran migrants in the caravan on a journey to US
Honduran migrants in the caravan on a journey to US
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President responds to approach of "caravan" from Central America

President Donald Trump has said he'll send the US military to secure his country's southern border.

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The move comes in response to Mexico allowing 1,500 migrants from Central America to walk towards the US. He announced it following a meeting with Baltic leaders.

“We are preparing for the military to secure our border between the United States and Mexico," said Trump. "We have a meeting on it in a little while with General Mattis and everybody and I think that is something we have to do.”

Each year Central Americans approach the US's southern frontier - hoping to apply for asylum.

Trump has used the so called "caravan" of migrants as evidence of the need for a border wall.

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