US voters are just four-days away from casting the ballot in the mid-term elections and just like it was in 2016, this time as well Immigration issue is a big driver for Republican voters. Recent sensationalism over caravans of migrants heading towards the Mexican-American border has also put this on a full display. (Picture courtesy: Reuters)
Central American migrants walk along the highway near of Ciudad Hidalgo after crossing to Mexico from Guatemala willing to reach the US.
The United States had said that it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration.
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Honduran migrants, part of a caravan trying to reach the US, hold up a child in a stroller as they gather at the Guatemalan border to cross into Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala.
Trump railed against illegal immigration to win the 2016 US presidential election and has seized on the caravan of Central American migrants at campaign rallies in the run-up to next week's vote, firing up support for his Republican Party.
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