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Pence Says It’s ‘Inconceivable’ That There Are No People of Middle Eastern Descent In Migrant Caravan

By Jerel Flint

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Vice President Mike Pence was asked Tuesday about the president’s unsubstantiated claims that Middle Easterners are part of the migrant caravan headed through Mexico for the United States border. Pence, speaking at The Washington Posts’ Transformers: Space event, said he also thinks Middle Eastern people are likely among the group of over 7,000 mostly Central Americans fleeing north.

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