President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he might deploy up to 15,000 troops to the U.S. southern border to stop migrants traveling in a caravan from entering the country.

“As far as the caravan is concerned, our military is out. We have about 5,000. We’ll go up to anywhere between 10 and 15,000 military personnel,” the president told reporters on the South Lawn.

Trump vowed the U.S. would not allow people from the “very dangerous” caravan to cross the border, even though many say they plan to seek asylum at legal ports of entry, which is permitted under the law… Read More at The Hill 

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President Donald Trump on Monday called a caravan of Central American migrants heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border an “invasion” and pledged to use the military to stop people from entering the U.S.

“This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!” the president tweeted.

Trump offered no evidence while claiming there are “Many Gang Members and some very bad people” traveling in the caravan.

The president warned migrants will not be allowed into the U.S. “unless you go through the legal process,” even though they are permitted to enter the country in order seek asylum at legal points of entry… Read More at The Hill

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Though the origins of the expanding Honduran caravan advancing on the U.S. border remain somewhat mysterious, broadcasters hostile to President Donald Trump and his administration have already crafted the political narrative as a “humanitarian crisis” and are off on a march of their own. The tone and content of the coverage is so clear and unified that even The Associated Press — which officially sets style and grammar use for most news organizations — was criticized for referring to the caravan participants as “a ragtag army of the poor.”

The AP publicly apologized and purged the story of the description.

Another type of coverage is favored, though. The “Big Three” broadcast networks — NBC, ABC and CBS — have set the pace.

“The networks are offering a heroic portrayal of the caravan of thousands of illegal immigrants heading to the U.S. border from Central America. Anchors and correspondents were particularly thrilled by the group ‘defying’ President Trump’s demand that they turn back, and for being ‘undeterred’ from ‘their mission to get to America,’” writes Kyle Drennen, an analyst for Newsbusters.org, a conservative press watchdog… Read More at The Washington Times

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