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Caravan migrants: Single mother explains why she left her two children behind to journey to the US
Yahoo ^ | October 28, 2018 | Andrew Buncombe

Posted on 10/29/2018 4:48:07 AM PDT by lowbridge

Ruth Gomez had been calling home to her mother in Honduras every evening, but it was a bittersweet experience. It was good to let her know she was safe, but it was painful too, to speak to her – and especially to her four-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter.

Earlier this month, Ms Gomez and two of her brothers heard about the migrant caravan on television and decided on the spot to join. Now, they were preparing to spend the night in a small park overlooking the town of Pijijiapan, where they had put a white flag that fluttered in the cooling breeze and was inscribed with the words “May peace and God be with us”.

“There are no opportunities for us in Honduras,” she said, wiping away tears as she talked of the decision to leave her children and showing a photograph of them. “I do not think it will be easy to cross [the US border], but also not impossible.”

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Ms Gomez said her children’s father was no longer on the scene. This made her more determined to be able to provide for her son Dorian and daughter Alejandra. She had worked in Tegucigalpa, doing bar work and other jobs, but it was not enough to raise a family.

When it was suggested to her she was being brave by embarking on a journey of more than 2,000 miles, she said: “I feel I am not brave because I left the children behind.”

She added: “Our education system is not good. And if the children need to go a doctor, I cannot take them.”

She said she told her children she was leaving – she did not know for how long – and believed her daughter understood. She said her mother Daisy supported her decision and was looking after them.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; caravan; illegalimmigration; immigration
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1 posted on 10/29/2018 4:48:07 AM PDT by lowbridge
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“There are no opportunities for us in Honduras,”

and Jorge Soros offered us immediate cash and more when we arrive at the border.

2 posted on 10/29/2018 4:50:30 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Be prepared to hear more and more of these type of stories. Sadly we could find about 4 billion more in this world.


3 posted on 10/29/2018 4:50:53 AM PDT by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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Oh yes, I have so much respect for this deadbeat mom!


4 posted on 10/29/2018 4:51:49 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("We circle each other in flight Til together we roll like the ocean In its bed at night" Al Stewart)
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To: Tennessee Nana; TADSLOS

ping


5 posted on 10/29/2018 4:52:53 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: alstewartfan

If she is in fact a mom, I’m wondering if she sold her kids.


6 posted on 10/29/2018 4:54:23 AM PDT by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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"There are no opportunities for us in Honduras,”

And that's OUR fault because why? You shouldn't be popping out kids until you get married, idiot.

7 posted on 10/29/2018 5:01:02 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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“There are no opportunities for us in Honduras,” she said, wiping away tears as she talked of the decision to leave her children and showing a photograph of them.

Yes. She showed a picture of her kids on her iPhone. Well, it does look like an iPhone 8 Plus and not an iPhone X, so I can see how that makes her impoverished.

8 posted on 10/29/2018 5:04:08 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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I truly wish they would go ahead and put up razor wire and show that we are serious about not letting this vermin in our country. The last thing we need or want in America are deadbeat parents who think that we’re going to support their spawn, women who are such bad mothers that they actually leave their children behind. This disgusts me.


9 posted on 10/29/2018 5:05:45 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Flick Lives

She appears to be pretty well fed.


10 posted on 10/29/2018 5:12:08 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: ealgeone

These stories don’t help their cause.


11 posted on 10/29/2018 5:12:48 AM PDT by grania ("You don't give power to an angry left wing mob")
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To: grania

And now she wants her problems to become our problems.


12 posted on 10/29/2018 5:14:11 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: lowbridge

Sorry not buying it, do it the right way legally or stay home!


13 posted on 10/29/2018 5:15:38 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Flick Lives

Leah Remini + 25 kilos?


14 posted on 10/29/2018 5:15:50 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Flick Lives

wonder how everyone is charging their phones..just saying


15 posted on 10/29/2018 5:16:10 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Flick Lives

The woman has an iPhone, is wearing makeup and lipstick. How bad off can she be? Where is she getting her phone charged?


16 posted on 10/29/2018 5:16:18 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: Flick Lives
Yeah, she looks ‘’impoverished''. Lazy , arrogant beggars.
17 posted on 10/29/2018 5:19:24 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: lowbridge

Omg! The tears just won’t stop. Poor poor Ruth and her lovely children.

I’m gonna drive to Mexico and give her a lift ...

... back to El Shitola.


18 posted on 10/29/2018 5:20:51 AM PDT by IronJack
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“Ruth Gomez had been calling home to her mother in Honduras every evening...”

How she charging that smart phone if they’re walking all day? Is the carrier still billing her for the service? They must pick the comfortable places to sleep at night, not a tent.


19 posted on 10/29/2018 5:21:17 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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so she’s going to come to America, work for cash, not pay taxes on that cash then send that money back to her kids in honduras...once again stealing from Americans...


20 posted on 10/29/2018 5:26:43 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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