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As Trump Preps to Send Troops on the Border, Here’s Why:

By Margaret Spencer

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The Trump administration is planning to send about 800 U.S. troops to the Southern Border to help with the migrant caravan making it’s way to the U.S. through Mexico. The request comes after the president and his advisers speculating publicly about Democratic involvement in the organization of the caravan and embeds from the Middle East trying to make their way into the country. Here’s some of what Trump and his allies said this week:

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