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                                                <p>The Venezuelan government has expressed its solidarity with the people and the government of the United States, as they deal with the death and destruction caused by&nbsp;Hurricane Harvey, the strongest storm to hit the state of Texas&nbsp;since 1961.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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<p>&quot;The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its solidarity with the people and government of the United States of America after the passing of Hurricane Harvey on its territory, which has caused severe rains and floods, thus leaving the unfortunate loss of human lives as well as innumerable material damage,&nbsp;particularly in Texas,&quot; an official statement issued in Caracas said. &nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Venezuela's solidarity comes just two days after the <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Trump-Imposes-New-Sanctions-on-Venezuela-20170825-0018.html">U.S.' slapping of new financial sanctions</a>&nbsp;on the South American country.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Stressing the historic ties between the United States and Venezuela, the government of President Nicolas Maduro said&nbsp;the framework of peace and solidarity is at the core of its&nbsp;Bolivarian principles.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>The statement hoped for&nbsp;an &quot;early recovery of the affected areas and the relief of hardships of the citizens who have suffered this natural catastrophe.&quot;&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>President Trump is expected to visit Texas on Tuesday to review the southern state's recovery efforts from the disaster, White House has announced.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years, has killed up to five people, as it reached inland Friday, knocking out power to more than 200,000 people and threatening causing catastrophic flooding.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>The Governor of Texas has warned of more heavy flooding in the wake of the hurricane, which was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall. The National Weather Service warned in a tweet that the effects of Harvey are &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; and &ldquo;unknown and beyond anything experienced.&quot;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Authorities have urged residents to stay off the streets of Houston and other southeast Texas cities as rain falling at up to 5 inches per hour flooded roads and major intersections.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, has also closed several checkpoints in the path of Hurricane Harvey to &quot;remain vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm&quot; and also stated that checkpoints outside the path of Hurricane Harvey will remain operational.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>On its website, the Border patrol said that promoting&nbsp;&quot;life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area,&quot; are its &quot;highest priorities.&quot;&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>However, according to reports, the federal authorities left over 50 immigrant women and children stranded at a San Antonio bus station on Friday despite knowing some of the services were terminated as&nbsp;Hurricane Harvey approached.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>The asylum seekers, mostly from Central America, were due to travel to cities and towns across the U.S. after passing what the CBP calls&nbsp;credible fear interviews. However, their plans were interrupted&nbsp;when Greyhound Bus was forced to cancel many of its services.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>&quot;We were told yesterday that no buses are running tomorrow, so Congressman Lloyd Doggett [D-San Antonio] called ICE to not drop families at the bus station,&quot; Sister Denise LeRock, a member of the Interfaith Welcome Coalition, told Rivard Report.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Doggett told the San Antonio news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement&nbsp;officials advised him Friday morning the group would be dropped off at the downtown station in time to make connections before the storm hit, but they arrived too late.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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<p>A representative from ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner. In a joint statement issued by ICE and CBP, the agencies said: &quot;routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at evacuation sites or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks.&quot;&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>San Antonio's Office of the City Manager, Department of Human Services, the Interfaith Welcome Coalition, among others, made arrangements for the refugees to be sheltered in a nearby church, according to NOWCastSA.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>The storm ripped off roofs, snapped trees, triggered tornadoes and flash floods and cut off power to nearly 230,000 people, mostly in the Houston area. Houston police officials said officers were evacuating two flooded apartment complexes.</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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                                                <p>In the last 24 hours, parts of Harris County, including Houston, have seen more than 20 inches of rain.&nbsp;</p>							
                                        
                                            			
                                            
                                                 
                                                
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                                                <p>Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale when it hit the coast, the second-highest category, and the most powerful storm in over a decade to come ashore anywhere in the mainland United States.</p>

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