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Pentagon sends 800 troops to the border
Today, a group of 300 people have left the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, to head for the United States.
Previously, a caravan of thousands of Hondurans headed for the US border.
Donald Trump sent Friday's 800 soldiers to the border.
A new group of people gathered today and left the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador, reports the Reuters news agency.
The group has about 300 people and aims to travel to the United States.
In recent weeks, thousands of other Central Americans have settled in the north of the country, including a large group from Honduras, which has upset President Donald Trump of the United States.
Trump: "national crisis"
Donald Trump and his Republican party have tried to make the issue of refugees and caravans of Central America the most important issue for the mid-term elections and the battle for the majority in Congress on November 6th.
The Pentagon has now sent, on behalf of the president, 800 soldiers to the border, which already had about 2,000 people.
President Trump spoke of the problem of "national crisis".
"No intention to shoot"
The new team will act as a reinforcement, according to the AFP news agency.
"We do not intend to push people now," US Interior Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Fox News on Thursday.
Nielsen, Home Security Officer (Homeland Security, Ed.) Has already asked the help of the Department of Defense for the staff.
Donald Trump and his defense minister, James Mattis, sent an appeal and sent 800 soldiers. He reports CNN.
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