Mexico Beefs Up Its Southern Border to Face Raft of Migrants
Mexico deployed hundreds of police officers, helicopters and boats along its porous southern border with Guatemala on Monday in a bid to halt the entry of about 1,500 mostly Honduran migrants, as the U.S. moved to beef up its own southern border.
Both developments illustrate growing tension with the sudden and extraordinary exodus of Central American migrants heading north in caravans, spotlighting an issue that President Trump has seized to mobilize his base of supporters ahead of midterm elections next week.