Central Americans at US border face security crackdown as president rails against approaching caravan
Central American migrants approaching US-Mexico border crossing sites in recent days to apply for asylum are getting a taste of what may be ahead for the human “caravans” still hundreds of miles to the south, as Donald Trump further hardens his immigration policies and rhetoric.
A normal scene in El Paso, Texas, finds US border agents, with handguns in holsters on their belts, routinely supervising migrants crossing a bridge from Mexico towards the port of entry on the US side. But earlier this week, individuals and small groups, including parents and children, found the agents with assault rifles instead, blocking their path and turning them back halfway across the bridge.
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