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"Flee or die": violence drives Central America’s child migrants to US border
TheGuardian.com ^
| July 10,2014
| Jo Tuckman
Posted on 07/10/2014 7:16:24 AM PDT by Biggirl
Two weeks ago, Karla arrived at the Texas border with her two very young children, her mother, and three siblings under the age of 15. It had taken the family a month to make the 1,500 mile journey from their home in northern Honduras, travelling by bus through Guatemala and Mexico. They had sold everything they owned to pay a network of people smugglers who bribed the way clear through checkpoints along the route.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; centralamerica; children; usa
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:16:24 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
To: Biggirl
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:17:05 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Biggirl
The Guardian’s a proud organ of International Marxism and has been for years.
To: Biggirl
Total left-wing nonsense and disinformation.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:17:58 AM PDT
by
x1stcav
("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
To: Biggirl
Technically, it’s MEXICO driving them to the US border.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:18:29 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Biggirl
Why come NORTH???
S. America is a huge continent.... why not go SOUTH... where at least they can sort of speak YOUR language?
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:20:03 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: Biggirl
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:20:20 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Biggirl; All
literary claptrap.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:20:37 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Jihadist/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: Biggirl
BS! and don’t care. Don’t come here. There will be an eventual backlash and your age won’t matter.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:21:32 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: SoConPubbie
Just this morning I saw a congressman on FOX saying that these “refugees” are 80% or more 16 to 18 year old males.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:21:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Biggirl
Bullsh*t.
Obama's unilateral announcement to stop deporting "Dreamers" two years ago caused this crisis.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:21:58 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Biggirl
Not violence, but free stuff motivation. Invention by leftists to play upon liberal white guilt.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:22:04 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: SJSAMPLE
Got to remember that Mexico WILL jail them, no ifs, ands, or butts.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:22:27 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Yep and to create new Dem voters down the road.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:24:05 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: RJS1950
The backlash has started.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:25:14 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: Biggirl
Got to remember that Mexico WILL jail them, no ifs, ands, or butts. No, I don't "got" to remember that, because it's flat out WRONG.
Mexico is both actively and passively ASSISTING these folks to move through.
In a special way.
To: skeeter
Obama planted the “seeds” two years ago and now is reaping an uncontroled harvest.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:26:38 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: humblegunner
Sure about that?
Cite the sources please. I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:27:21 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: Biggirl; Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...
To: Tennessee Nana
This is a lesson in the need to have had BUILT a MASSIVE WALL on the southern/northern borders YEARS AGO.
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posted on
07/10/2014 7:30:10 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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