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Caravan of 15K migrants to leave Honduras in mid-January as overcrowded shelters struggle

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UPDATED 9:57 AM PT — Friday, Dec. 28, 2018

Another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras and is preparing to head north. According to reports, the group of about 15,000 people is set to leave the Central American country on January 15, 2019. Migrants from El Salvador and Guatemala are expected to join them.

Advocacy groups said the new caravan will likely stay in southern Mexico, where the country’s president has promised them visas and employment.

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President Trump plans to cut off aid to Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador

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UPDATED 6:29 AM PT — Friday, Dec. 28, 2018

President Trump is calling on Democrats to fund the border wall. He made the remarks in a tweet Friday morning, adding, the U.S. will be forced to close the southern border entirely if obstructionist Democrats don’t comply. He also blasted the current immigration laws by saying we need to change them.

In another tweet, the president said the U.S. will be cutting off aid to Honduras, Guatemala as well as El Salvador, which he said has done nothing but take money from the U.S.

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White House Press Secretary: Democrats care more about keeping borders open than government

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UPDATED 9:38 AM PT — Friday, Dec. 28, 2018

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is accusing Democrats of caring more about keeping our borders open than our government. During an interview Friday, Sanders criticized Democrats for refusing to budge on the issue of immigration and said they have completely left the negotiation table.

The press secretary said the president has bent over backwards trying to make a deal on border security to put a stop to the human and drug trafficking that’s happening at the southern border.

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Giuliani accuses Mueller of destroying evidence, calls for investigation

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UPDATED 1:36 PM PT — Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018

President Trump’s attorney is calling for an investigation into special counsel Robert Mueller.

In an interview Thursday, Rudy Giuliani accused Mueller’s office of destroying evidence by allowing text messages sent between former FBI officials Peter Stzrok and Lisa Page to be erased.

Giuliani claimed those text messages would have shown the mind and tactics of one of Mueller’s lead prosecutors at the start of the Russia probe.

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President Trump blasts Democrats as government shutdown continues

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UPDATED 9:08 AM PT — Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018

President Trump is continuing to urge Democrats to end the partisan charade and fund a border wall.

On Twitter Thursday, the president asked, “have Democrats finally realized that we desperately need border security and a wall on the southern border?”

He added, the U.S. needs to “stop drugs, human trafficking, gang members and criminals from coming into our country.”

Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border. Need to stop Drugs, Human Trafficking,Gang Members & Criminals from coming into our Country. Do the Dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are Democrats?

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Trump admin. files appeal to federal judge’s block of asylum policy

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UPDATED 11:50 AM PT — Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018

The White House has filed an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling, which blocks the president’s new asylum policy. According to court documents filed Wednesday, the Trump administration told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals it plans to appeal the December ruling.

The U.S. district judge initially stopped the asylum order, saying it violated current immigration laws.

The order prevented people from claiming asylum based on domestic or gang violence when they report to immigration

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