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EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

President Trump on Mondaysharply intensified a Republicancampaign to frame the midtermelections as a battle over immigra-tion and race, issuing a dark andfactually baseless warning that“unknown Middle Easterners”were marching toward the Ameri-can border with Mexico.

The unsubstantiated chargewas an escalation of Mr. Trump’sefforts to stoke fears about for-eigners and crime ahead of theNov. 6 vote, as he did to great ef-fect in the presidential race. Mr.Trump and other Republicans areinsistently seeking to tie Demo-crats to unfettered immigrationand violent crime, and in some in-stances this summer and fall theyhave attacked minority candi-dates in nakedly racial terms.

Mr. Trump is now railing dailyin speeches and on Twitteragainst the migrant caravan mov-ing north through Central Amer-ica, and on Monday called it a na-tional emergency. The caravanhas dominated conservative talkradio and Fox News, where therehas also been loose speculationabout a link to terrorism. The ap-parently groundless inclusion of“unknown Middle Easterners” tothe caravan echoes Mr. Trump’slongstanding practice of ampli-fying fears about Islamic militantson the campaign trail.

“That is an assault on our coun-try and in that caravan you havesome very bad people and wecan’t let that happen to our coun-try,” the president said at a rally inHouston on Monday night. Mr.Trump suggested without anyproof that the opposition was in-volved in instigating the caravan.“I think the Democrats had some-thing to do with it,” he said.

In targeting the caravan, thepresident appears determined toend the election season with a cul-tural fight over national identityrather than the issues that partyleaders initially wanted to run on,

TRUMP ESCALATESUSE OF MIGRANTSAS ELECTION PLOY

ISSUING DARK WARNINGS

Stoking Voters’ AnxietyWith Baseless Tale of

Ominous Caravan

By ALEXANDER BURNSand ASTEAD W. HERNDON

Continued on Page A16

TUCSON — The Trump admin-istration, facing a surge in mi-grant families entering the UnitedStates, is moving swiftly to exam-ine an array of new policies ithopes will deter Central Ameri-cans from journeying north.

Each of the policies, whichrange from a new form of thewidely criticized practice of fam-ily separation to stricter require-ments on asylum, would face sig-nificant legal and logistical chal-lenges. But the White House is ap-plying strong pressure on federalimmigration authorities to comeup with a solution to secure thesouthwest border.

The Border Patrol apprehended16,658 people in family units inSeptember — a record figure, ac-cording to unpublished govern-ment data obtained by The NewYork Times. The total number offamilies that entered the countryin the 2018 fiscal year, whichended Sept. 30, exceeded 100,000for the first time in recent history.

The surge is occurring even asthe total number of border cross-ings, including individual adultsand children traveling alone, re-mains well below the numbersseen in the late 1990s and early2000s.

President Trump’s frustrationwas aroused again this week withthe news that a caravan of thou-sands of Central American asy-lum seekers was headed towardthe United States. He threatenedon Twitter to call up the militaryand close the southern border ifMexico failed to halt the “on-slaught” of migrants.

A series of intense closed-doormeetings among officials from theDepartment of Homeland Securi-ty, the Justice Department, theWhite House and the State De-partment began not long after apublic outcry forced PresidentTrump in June to stop separatingmigrant families in detention, of-ten hundreds or thousands ofmiles apart, as a deterrent.

The architects of the family sep-aration approach have been hardat work on alternatives, accordingto people briefed on the group’s ef-forts. Their goal is to announce aplan before the November elec-

AdministrationWeighs ActionsTo Plug Border

Reviewing a New Formof Family Separation

This article is by Miriam Jordan,Caitlin Dickerson and Michael D.Shear.

A migrant caravan headed north Monday from Tapachula, Mexico, where members had stopped after crossing in from Guatemala.PEDRO PARDO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES

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ALBION, Calif. — Early on agray summer Saturday, an un-usual assemblage — commercialfishermen, recreational boaters,neoprene-clad divers — gatheredfor a mission at Albion Cove, athree-hour drive north of SanFrancisco.

“Our target today is the purpleurchin,” said Josh Russo, a recrea-tional fishing advocate who orga-nized the event. “The evil purpleurchin.”

Five years ago, assigning wick-edness to the purple urchin, ashellfish the size of a plum withquarter-inch spikes, would havebeen absurd.

That was before the urchinsmowed down Northern Califor-nia’s kelp forests.

The underwater forests —

huge, sprawling tangles of brownseaweed — are in many ways justas important to the oceans astrees are to the land. Like trees,they absorb carbon emissions andprovide critical habitat and foodfor a wide range of species. Butwhen climate change helped setoff a sixtyfold explosion of purpleurchins off Northern California’scoast, the urchins went on a feed-ing frenzy and the kelp was de-voured.

“It would be like one of thosebeautiful deciduous foreststurned into a desert,” saidGretchen Hofmann, a professor ofmarine ecology at the University

A Purple PestIs Chewing UpOcean ForestsBy KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS

Climate change has a role in anoutbreak of purple urchins.

GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES/NYT

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BUTTE, Mont. — Jon Tester,the senator who looks least like asenator, sized up a crowd of doz-ens and got to talking about his-tory.

He joined local veterans lastweek in a creaky hotel ballroom,with his $12 flattop haircut andscuffed black shoes, and spoke ofthe copper mines up the road, sus-taining the nation in wartimes. Hesaluted Montana’s tradition of bi-partisanship, recalling his work,as a Democrat, with PresidentTrump. “The key word is ‘togeth-er,’” Mr. Tester said.

Mr. Trump, the president whobehaves least like a president,stood hours later before a crowd of

thousands in Missoula, Mont., andgot to talking about himself.

He mocked Hillary Clinton’s2016 slogan (“‘Come Together’ orsomething”). He commended aMontana congressman for havingassaulted a reporter (“my kind ofguy”). Occasionally, he drifted tothe point.

“The Democrats have trulyturned into an angry mob,” Mr.Trump thundered. “And your sen-ator is one of them.”

Then came a shout from the au-dience. “You love my hair?” Mr.Trump called back, losing thethread again. “Thank you. Sheknows what to say.”

Dizzying Attacks by PresidentThreaten a Homespun Senator

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

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The Norwegian saboteurs skiedacross the Telemark pine forest inwinter whites, phantom appari-tions gliding over moonlit snow.They halted at a steep river gorgeand gazed down at a humming hy-droelectric power plant whereNazi scientists had developed amysterious, top-secret project.

Lt. Joachim Ronneberg, the 23-year-old resistance fighter in com-mand, and his eight comrades —all carrying cyanide capsules toswallow if captured — had beentold by British intelligence onlythat the plant was distilling some-thing called heavy water, and thatit was vital to Hitler’s war effort.

Hours later, in one of the mostcelebrated commando raids ofWorld War II, Lieutenant Ron-neberg and his demolition teamsneaked past guards and a bar-racks full of German troops, stoleinto the plant, set explosivecharges and blew up Hitler’shopes for a critical ingredient tocreate the first atomic bomb.

Mr. Ronneberg, the last surviv-ing member of the 1943 raid andone of the most decorated war he-roes of a nation renowned for val-orous resistance to the 1940-45

German Occupation, died on Sun-day in Alesund, Norway, hisdaughter, Birte Ronneberg, said.He was 99.

Mr. Ronneberg and his sabo-teurs were showered with inter-national honors after the war forwhat they had regarded as a sui-

cide mission. It was celebrated inbooks, documentaries and films,notably Anthony Mann’s 1965 pro-duction, “The Heroes of Tele-mark,” starring Kirk Douglas, inwhat critics called a fact-flawedversion of what had happened.

He Kept an Atomic Bomb Out of Hitler’s HandsBy ROBERT D. McFADDEN

JOACHIM RONNEBERG, 1919-2018

Joachim Ronneberg in 2015. At 23, he led a pivotal anti-Nazi raid.MAURICIO LIMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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The Trump administration may move toa capitalist free-for-all in orbit. But howthat would work is uncertain. Above, amockup of Bigelow’s Olympus. PAGE D1

SCIENCE TIMES D1-8

Space Stations of the FutureIn China, owners who don’t trust localpet food rely on imported Americanproducts. The deepening trade warbetween the two countries will meanfewer and costlier choices. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-6

Furry Victims of the Trade War

Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman whotamed the U.S. economy in the 1980s,sees the corrupting influence of bigmoney as a new threat to democracy,Andrew Ross Sorkin writes. PAGE B1

He Beat Inflation. Next Battle.

The police detonated an explosivedevice that was found in a mailbox atthe Westchester County home of thebillionaire philanthropist. PAGE A21

NEW YORK A20-21

Bomb Sent to Soros Home

President Trump’s decision to withdrawfrom a treaty hints that he’s ready tostart a new arms race with both Mos-cow and Beijing. But this time, Chinacould change the dynamics. PAGE A4

INTERNATIONAL A4-8

A New Cold War Looms

L.G.B.T. activists protested outside theWhite House and pushed back against aTrump administration memo that pro-poses defining gender based on a per-son’s genitalia at birth. PAGE A10

NATIONAL A9-19

Mobilizing on Gender Proposal

Darius Bazley, a top N.B.A. draftprospect, is skipping college and willinstead earn $1 million as an intern forNew Balance. PAGE B7

The $1 Million Intern

Game 1 between the Dodgers and theRed Sox is tonight. Even if you haven’tbeen paying attention this season, we’llhelp you sound like an expert. PAGE B9

SPORTSTUESDAY B7-11

A World Series Cheat SheetTippi Hedren, the star of Alfred Hitch-cock’s classic film, appeared at theopening of the Met Opera’s version. Shealmost stole the show. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-6

From One ‘Marnie’ to Another

WASHINGTON — The Trumpadministration, confronted withfurther evidence of a cover-up inthe killing of the journalist JamalKhashoggi, veered on Monday be-tween defending the value of itsalliance with Saudi Arabia andpressing the Saudi governmentfor answers.

The White House sent the direc-tor of the C.I.A., Gina Haspel, to Is-tanbul to help the Turkish govern-ment with its investigation intothe killing, according to an official.But in Riyadh, Treasury SecretarySteven Mnuchin held a wide-rang-ing meeting with Saudi Arabia’scrown prince, Mohammed binSalman, who is suspected of play-

ing a role in the killing of Mr.Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident.

Mr. Mnuchin, who canceled hisattendance at this week’s Saudi in-vestment conference in the wakeof Mr. Khashoggi’s killing at theSaudi Consulate in Istanbul,traded views with Prince Moham-med on economic ties and coun-terterrorism initiatives, as well ason the investigation into Mr.Khashoggi’s death, according to aTreasury Department spokes-man.

There are also fresh doubtsabout the Saudi government’sclaim that Mr. Khashoggi wasstrangled accidentally after he gotinto a fist fight with 15 Saudi oper-atives, with video of a body doublesurfacing on Monday. A Saudi op-erative donned Mr. Khashoggi’sclothes after he was killed and leftthe building to create a misleadingtrail of evidence, surveillance im-ages leaked by Turkey show.

“I am not satisfied with what Ihave heard,” President Trumpsaid to reporters before flying to arally in Texas.

U.S. Sends Mixed Signs on Killing and Arab AllyBy MARK LANDLER

and MAGGIE HABERMANAids Khashoggi Inquiry

as Saudi Prince SitsWith Mnuchin

Continued on Page A6

RUSE Video suggests JamalKhashoggi’s killers had a bodydouble impersonate him. PAGE A6

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