1,500 Additional U.S. Troops Sent To Border With Mexico

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1,500 additional troops are being sent to the U.S.'s border with Mexico, after President Donald Trump began an immigration crackdown during his first days in office.

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00:001,500 more troops are being sent to the U.S.'s border with Mexico.

00:05The additional forces will join the 2,200 already stationed there.

00:09This comes just two days after Donald Trump began his crackdown on immigration.

00:13In its first days in office, Trump signed executive orders giving authorities more power

00:17to fast-track deportation and birthright citizenship, and cancelling all asylum processing appointments.

00:24This has left the future of thousands of migrants from across Central America uncertain, and

00:28they are now seeking asylum within Mexico.

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