US will cut off aid to Central American countries over asylum seekers

• State will cut aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
  
• Administration seeks to step up removals at southern border

The US is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, the state department said on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump blasted the countries for sending migrants north.

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