U.S. Pressures Mexico to Deliver a Security Win Ahead of Midterm Elections
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- NYT reports: “American soldiers awaited a visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House border czar, Tom Homan, last year near the United States-Mexico border at Sunland Park, N.M.”
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