State Department will cut aid to Central American countries over migration

The State Department announced that it would follow through on President Trump’s threat to cut off foreign aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras for failing to address illegal migration through Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border.

“At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a State Department representative said on Friday. “We will be engaging Congress as part of this process.”