[blam]

"... when these people turn up at our southern border"

Five years ago.

Venezuelans in South Florida: Venezuelan Expatriates Building New Lives In Record Numbers - Great News for Miami

I was in south Florida 1.5-2.0 years ago and even then friends who were living there knew people who had relatives in Venezeula that they shipped food to weekly.
For some reason that I don't know/understand, I was told that they went to yard sales and bought all the luggage they could find, stuffed it with food and sent it to family in Venezeula.

I don't know what the 'angle' was with the luggage. Why not ship it in boxes?

[Ellendra]

Because if it’s in boxes, it’s more obvious?

Or, maybe they can use the luggage as raw material to make other things?

Or, maybe cardboard is more likely to get torn open during shipping.

Hard to say.

[dfwgator]

Maybe the Venezuelans in Miami will be more inclined to vote GOP and offset all the Puerto Ricans moving there.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“I don’t know what the ‘angle’ was with the luggage. Why not ship it in boxes?”

Interesting. My theory? It’s easier to lug your ‘Dreamer’ babies across the border in a suitcase, versus a box. ;)

Get ready for the NEXT wave of ‘Dreamers’ the ‘Rats will use for votes!