Asylum seekers worry as troops arrive on border
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(2 Nov 2018) In Matamoros, Mexico, two Cuban refugees with a group of fellow asylum seekers not connected with the caravan of migrants gaining media attention in the U.S. are worried that they would be judged negatively because of the focus the president is putting on the group of migrants south of them. On the US side of the border, in Brownsville, Texas, some residents worry that the active duty military President Donald Trump has promised to send would create more problems with their heavy presence. A U.S. official says the first 100 or so active-duty troops have arrived at the U.S.-Mexican border, to provide support for border patrol agents as a caravan of migrants slowly makes its way north. The troops are doing initial assessments at the port of entry in McAllen, Texas. The official says there are about 2,600 U.S. troops now at staging bases, largely in Texas, with several thousand more expected to flow in through the weekend and move into California and Arizona. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet released. The Pentagon says more than 7,000 active-duty troops are being sent to the Southwest border, with more possible. President Donald Trump has said the number could reach 15,000. The caravan of migrants is still hundreds of miles from the border. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/65c5adced88415bd3a59fb06068e7872
