Immigration is likely to be a hotly debated issue in the United States ahead of the midterm election in two weeks' time,... as thousands of Central American migrants continue to inch towards the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling it a national emergency.
Kim Hyo-sun tells us more.
A swelling number of Central American migrants are marching towards the U.S.,... hoping to find a new home,... fleeing from poverty, violence and crime.
According to Mexico's local media,... a migrant caravan of some seven thousand are moving north,... as they stand some 18-hundred kilometers away from America's southern border as of Monday local time.
President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to condemn the caravan movement,... explaining that Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were not able to stop their people from leaving their respective countries to come to the U.S. illegally.
In a series of posts,... Trump vowed to cut tens of millions of dollars of aid to the three Central American nations,... calling the migrant caravan a (quote) "national emergency" for the U.S.
Trump and the Republican Party aim to shed light on the immigration issue as part of their campaign ahead of the midterm elections to be held in early November.
President Trump, who has made immigration a central part of his platform,... aims to hammer home the issue to help the Republicans maintain their hold of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.