Trump shutting Mexico border would 'cripple' El Paso
Dee Margo warned Donald Trump that closing the border would have a ‘detrimental, almost draconian’ impact on the region
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Border row pitches Mexican president into deep water with Trump
Donald Trump’s threat to shut the U.S. border if Mexico does not halt all illegal immigration has exposed the limitations of the new Mexican government’s strategy of trying to appease the U.S. president as he gears up for re-election.
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US-Mexico border wall: Pentagon authorises $1bn transfer
The Pentagon has authorised the transfer of $1bn to army engineers for new wall construction along the US-Mexico border.
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Showdown looms as Venezuela opposition to confront border troops over aid
Venezuela’s opposition and activists prepared on Saturday to confront troops stationed along the country’s borders to block their plan to bring in food and medicine that authorities are calling a veiled U.S.-backed invasion.
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Trump eyes emergency powers to pay for border wall, end shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress and get billions of dollars to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border as a partial U.S. government shutdown over the issue stretched into its 20th day.
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Trump says U.S. government shutdown to last until agreement on border wall
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met.
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Donald Trump says border agents who used tear gas on migrants were being 'rushed'
President Donald Trump defended the use of tear gas on migrants Monday, saying some of them rushed at border guards in a bid to enter the U.S. illegally.
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Tensions rise as migrants gather at Mexico-US border crossing
Hundreds of Central American migrants in Mexico massed on Thursday around a tense U.S. border crossing, where security measures held up long lines of Mexicans headed to Thanksgiving gatherings on the other side of the frontier.
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