The State Department’s Morgan Ortagus announced on Monday the US will halt foreign aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, “until [they] are satisfied that the Northern Triangle governments are taking concrete actions to reduce the number of illegal migrants coming to the US border.”
It’s about time.
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According to the AP, roughly $400 million worth of aid already approved for projects in 2017 and 2018 in those countries will continue.
State Dept's Morgan Ortagus announced US will halt foreign aid to El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras "until [they] are satisfied that the Northern Triangle govts are taking concrete actions to reduce the number of illegal migrants coming to the US border"https://t.co/VVu4Ac4JyT pic.twitter.com/Q2qAMkencI
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 17, 2019
Tens of thousands of Central American migrants have already crossed into America this year.
