Trump Follows Up on Promise to Cut Aid to Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen (2nd L), Honduran Security Minister Julian Pacheco (L) and Guatemalan Minister of Government Enrique Degenhart attend the V Meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of Security of the Northern Trialgle and the US in Tegucigalpa on March 27, 2019. Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump has ordered the stopping of aid to the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, after criticizing them for failing to stem the tide of their citizens traveling north and entering the United States illegally.

Trump has mentioned stopping the aid several times since at least October and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has now instructed the department to do so.