Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The CIA is authorized to conduct operations in Venezuela and likely has been for at least a couple of months, President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday.
Trump commented on a possible CIA deployment in Venezuela when a reporter asked why he authorized the CIA to work in the South American nation during a Wednesday news conference.
The president said he has two reasons for authorizing the CIA to be involved in Venezuela.
"They have emptied their prisons into the United States," Trump said. "They came in through the border because we had an open-border policy."
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