With Trump now in office, Venezuela wants its migrants back, Maduro says

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US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, and he plans to send his troops to help support immigration agents and restrict access to refugees and asylum seekers.

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00:00As protests erupt against executive orders by Donald Trump to clamp down on the rights

00:07of immigrants in the U.S., Venezuela's president says the country is waiting for migrants to

00:12return home.

00:13Nicolas Maduro's comments come after Washington and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection

00:18announced that the CBP One app would no longer be used to admit migrants into the country.

00:24Immigrants know that their return to Venezuela gives them a lot of things, respect as human

00:34beings, but also their right to come and rumble with their families, with their friends.

00:38How much does an immigrant suffer over there in Chicago, in New York, when he sees his

00:45friends on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday rumbling here?

00:48Millions of Venezuelans were driven from the country during Maduro's decade-long rule

00:53after facing political unrest and economic decline.

00:57After Maduro was sworn in for a third term, the EU and U.S. both denounced his inauguration

01:03as illegitimate amid allegations of fraudulent vote counting.

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