No proof\, but terrorists could be part of caravan: Trump

No proof, but terrorists could be part of caravan: Trump

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has said even though there was no proof, but terrorists could be among the thousands of Honduran migrants moving toward the

"There's no proof of anything. But they (terrorists) could very well be (inside the caravan), Trump told reporters at the

He was responding to a question on if he has proof on his previous reported remarks that terrorists were trying to enter the US by hiding in the caravan.

The US insisted that he has very good information about it.

I have very good information. And if you look at what's happened with and statements made about Honduras, and even a phone call that our vice had today, which I think he can maybe reveal, Trump said.

has said he spoke to the president of

He told me that the caravan that's now making its way through Mexico, headed for the southern border, was organized by leftist organisations and financed by Venezuela, Pence said while Trump alleged that the Democrats was part of this.

It's been organized by leftist groups. They've made their way north. Once they crossed into Guatemala, now crossed into There's some estimates north of 7,000 migrants. So, the group is growing, the said.

The intervenes and prevents 10 suspected terrorists from coming into the US every day, Pence said.

So it's inconceivable that there would not be individuals from the as a part of this growing caravan, he said, asserting that for Trump safety and security of the American people was first.

Pence said the US needs to close the loopholes that human traffickers and other dangerous individuals use to entice vulnerable families to make the long and dangerous trek north.

Referring to his conversation with the border patrol people, Trump said over the course of a number of years, "they've intercepted many people from the Middle East".

They've intercepted ISIS, they've intercepted all sorts of people. They've intercepted good ones and bad ones, they've intercepted wonderful people from the Middle East, and they've intercepted bad ones, they've intercepted wonderful people from and from other parts further south, the president said.

The United States, he said, needs to have immigration laws that are suitable for this time and that work. The ones that we have now are old and they don't work. They don't work and they don't come close to working, Trump said.

He said if need be he would deploy the military to stop people from entering the

We can't let this happen. We cannot allow our country to be violated like this. And it's very unfair. People are waiting in line that went through a legal system of immigration and they've been going through it for many years, he said.

They have worked hard, they've done everything they're supposed to do and then people just come running across the border. It's really unfair to the millions of people that are waiting in line to come in legally into our country. It's very unfair, Trump said.

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First Published: Wed, October 24 2018. 06:35 IST