President Donald Trump has ordered National Guard troops “immediately” to the southern U.S. border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday, because “it’s time to act,” reports Newsmax.

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President Donald Trump said he plans to deploy the U.S. military to guard the border with Mexico and has told Mexican leaders he would abandon NAFTA without assurances of help on securing the boundary, reports Thomson/Reuters.

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President Donald Trump’s approval rating has risen to 50 percent, according to the most recent Rasmussen Reports poll. Rasmussen runs a daily poll of 500 likely U.S. voters to monitor Trump’s approval rating. On Monday, that rating leapt three percent.

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