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Ted Cruz: National Guard may be needed to stop migrant caravan at the border

As a group of thousands of migrants heads north through Mexico, the Texas senator on Monday said extra Border Patrol agents or the National Guard should be deployed to help thwart a “serious threat” posed by the caravan.

A Department of Homeland Security Blackhawk helicopter flying near Hidalgo swoops low over the Rio Grande above the border wall built in 2008.

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