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US cutting off humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El SalvadorChristal Hayes, USA TODAY Published 3:31 p.m. ET March 30, 2019 WASHINGTON – The United States is halting humanitarian funding to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, the State Department confirmed on Saturday. The move comes just days after President Donald Trump warned of a new migrant caravan heading toward the southern U.S. border and issued warnings that he planned to close the U.S.-Mexico border next week if Mexico did not do more to stop caravans of migrants, many fleeing Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, from attempting to gain entry into the U.S. "At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle," a State Department spokesperson told USA TODAY. "We will be engaging Congress as part of this process."Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/30/united-states-cuts-aid-guatemala-honduras-el-salvador-migrant-crisis/3320401002/
I get the strategy...but won't that make people come to El Norte even more?
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,356434.0.htmlTrump cuts all direct assistance to Northern Triangle countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala
Why has "merge" disappeared on me... I was going to merge this withAm I missing the "merge function"? I am confused.@mystery-ak @Cyber Liberty @Mod1 Any of the mods actually....I get it, merge function has been disabled in some cases, fine with me. This was a big story I heard about but it was posted earlier this morning. Thank you...I see I have merge in World news. And that, again, is fine with me.