The United States Government has ordered a $US700 million (700 million US dollars) cut in foreign aid to Central America following President Donald Trump’s threats to shut the US-Mexico border as early as this week in retaliation for reported over-migration.
The funding cuts to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras needs to be approved by Congress before they can be put in place.
New Jersey senator Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the order a “reckless announcement” and urged Democrats and Republicans to join together and reject it.