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According to CNN, the Pentagon is preparing to send about 5,000 additional active duty troops to support border authorities' efforts to stop Central American migrants bound for the US. The announcement comes days before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned of dangers related to immigration and supposed threats posed by the migrants, who are still weeks away from the US border. On Monday, Trump tweeted that the group of Central Americans includes "gang members and some very bad people."

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