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Trump sending 5,000 troops to southern border

The Trump administration is launching a major military operation to "harden the southern border" and block illegal immigration. It includes more than 5,000 active duty troops to help Customs and Border Patrol agents in Texas, Arizona, and California. The operation targets a large caravan of migrants from Central America, now moving through southern Mexico. Weijia Jiang reports.
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