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Explainer 110: Why has Trump sent troops to the southern border?

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11 April 2018

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Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to the border with Mexico has provoked a mixed reaction. But, as our New York bureau chief Ed Stocker explains, he’s by no means the first US president to do so.

11 April 2018

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