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Hundreds of migrants are wading across a river from Guatemala to Mexico in a new test of President Trump’s immigration strategy. The migrants want free passage across Mexico to the U.S. border and Mexico’s government rejected that. Under pressure from the U.S., the Mexican government has refused to grant the migrants free passage to the U.S. border. Last year more than four caravans with Central American migrants tried to cross through Mexico to reach the U.S. but they got stuck on the border. President Trump sent troops to the border in order to stop the flow of undocumented migrants. https://youtu.be/vg2ktwv5Esw Mexico faced tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump last year if it didn’t crack down on Central American migrants making their way through the country to the U.S. border. In response, it sent tens of thousands of national guard troops to both borders. As a result, crossings into the U.S.…

A migrant caravan group continues its trek towards the Unites States border. Around 2,400 migrants left a city shelter to begin the journey from the Mexican capital early Thursday morning, the latest caravan to embark upon the risky path to the US-Mexican border despite US President Donald Trump’s determination to prevent them from entering. https://youtu.be/fxUHphGHu7w Immigration advocates fear Mexico is not safe for US-bound migrants, who are often kidnapped by gangs and smugglers. Since last October, thousands of mostly Central American migrants have sought to cross into the United States, many traveling in caravans in order to minimise the risks of kidnapping and attacks by members of criminal gangs while in Mexican territory. READ MORE:  https://www.trtworld.com/americas/latest-group-of-migrants-from-central-american-proceed-walk-to-us-border-23778

Con gotas de sudor en el rostro por los más de 200 kilómetros recorridos con su hija de 2 años, el hondureño David Reyes asegura que la retórica antimigrante de Donald Trump no lo detendrá para alcanzar su objetivo: vivir como refugiado en Estados Unidos. “Los Estados Unidos son una nación muy rica y muy bendecida. Yo estoy seguro que en el fondo del corazón de Trump se apiadará de nosotros y no nos dejará afuera”, expresó con tranquilidad el joven de 25 años, quien viaja con su esposa de 19. Al igual que la familia Reyes, muchas otras forman parte de este contingente que representa uno de los éxodos hondureños más grandes de la historia. Todos huyen de la violencia de las pandillas, ahí la Mara Salvatrucha gobierna. Henry Andrade se cansó de dividir sus ganancias como vendedor de fruta entre su familia y la Mara por pagar el…