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Latin American asylum seekers hit US policy “wall”

Trump’s new restrictions mean long waits simply to register claims

The movement of thousands of Central American asylum seekers and migrants north from Honduras towards the southern border of the United States has precipitated threats from US President Donald Trump – ahead of next week’s midterm elections – to block the group’s entry by deploying troops to the US-Mexican border.

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