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Headline Roundup October 27th, 2018

Border Security Heightened Awaiting Migrant Caravan

Summary from the AllSides News Team

With already 2,100 National Guardsmen spread across the southern border, another 1,000 troops have been approved to be sent as well. The Trump administration has said that they are doing everything it can to ensure that members of the migrant caravan do not enter the United States illegally.

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Congress Must Act to Deter Future Caravans
Congress Must Act to Deter Future Caravans

National Review (News)

News

King Leonidas had his 300. President Trump has his 800. That’s the number of soldiers Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered to the southern border to greet the caravan of illegal immigrants originating from Honduras.

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Defense Secretary Approves Sending More Troops to Mexican Border
Defense Secretary Approves Sending More Troops to Mexican Border

Wall Street Journal (News)

News

The U.S. defense secretary on Friday approved a request to deploy additional U.S. troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, fulfilling President Trump’s vow to use the American military in an expanding campaign to stop a caravan of migrants and asylum seekers.

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TRUMP WORRIED MIGRANT CARAVAN IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO RILE UP THE BASE BEFORE THE MIDTERMS
TRUMP WORRIED MIGRANT CARAVAN IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO RILE UP THE BASE BEFORE THE MIDTERMS

Vanity Fair

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Donald Trump propelled himself into the White House in 2016, in large part by stoking racist fears about non-white immigrants, a key feature of the speech announcing his candidacy (“Rapists!” “Criminals!” “Drug dealers!”).

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