Why Trump is really sending 5,200 troops to US border

US president accused of stoking immigration fears ahead of critical midterm elections

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Donald Trump is sending more than 5,000 American troops to the Mexico border, in what government officials claim is a necessary response to thousands of asylum seekers heading to the US.

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