Posted on 02/10/2018 7:09:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A border rush? Of refugees? From violence? Like what we had with the Central American "unaccompanied minors" crisis of 2014?
Nope, it's someplace else – Colombia and Brazil, which just announced the clampdown on their borders with restricted cards, punishments for illegals, and thousands more border guards, to keep unchecked illegal immigration under control, as thousands and thousands of Venezuelans flee their hellish homeland.
According to Reuters:
Colombia and Brazil tightened border controls with Venezuela on Thursday as both nations grapple with a mounting influx of hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants fleeing a worsening economic crisis.
In a visit to the border region, Colombian [p]resident Juan Manuel Santos said he would impose stricter migratory controls, suspend new daily entry cards for Venezuelans[,] and deploy 3,000 new security personnel along the frontier, including 2,120 more soldiers.
Speaking in Cucuta, a Colombian border city of about 670,000 inhabitants, Santos warned that his government would strictly prosecute any unlawful behavior by Venezuelans, amid concerns over rising crime. He said Colombia was spending millions of dollars to support the migrants.
Brazil's Defense Minister Raul Jungmann, speaking in the northern border town of Boa Vista, said the government would also deploy more troops and start relocating tens of thousands of Venezuelan refugees who have crossed the open frontier to seek food, work and shelter.
That would be the same Brazil that signed its name to a multi-nation friend-of-the-court petition condemning Arizona for trying to enforce federal border law.
Meanwhile, over in Chile, the voters just elected former president Sebastián Piñera to its presidency again. Pinera wooed voters from the camp of another candidate, Antonio Kast, who promised a border wall with Peru to keep illegals out.
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The same Brazil who said #### Arizona.
Well #### them now. I hope they’re overrun.
And to think at one time Venezuela was an oil exporter and had a pretty good economy going for it not too long ago. Ain’t socialism just great? /s. Those in this country that espouse “socialism” really need to get a grip on themselves and take a good, long, hard look at where Venezuela today. Better yet, if they think it’s so great, perhaps they should move there to kinda help straighten things out a bit.
Where’s Bernie?
ROFLMAO!!!!
I could only make it to 2 and a half minutes. :)
What the HELL does he sing about for another 4 and a half?
The Venezuela he’s talking about is gone and his friend is trying to find a rat to eat.
Yeah, I don’t think it’s the same place anymore. That’s why the song’s funny. It was recorded in 1978 (I think) so a different world.
Or sad. Depending on who’s listening to it!
Sounds like it was a great place at the time.
And I DEFINITELY got the 70s vibe from the song.
It wasn’t even that bad, at three minutes it would have been a good song! But 7?!?
Heading this way.
Saw the headline and I thought it might be about people leaving my state to get away from Senator Elizabeth Warren.
But of course not.
Apparently a lot of American double eagles ($20 gold pieces) found their way to Venezuela after FDR outlawed their possession by Americans. In 1975 when Americans again had the freedom to own gold again, a lot of them found their way back home. I doubt many are left in Venezuela today.
They are simply too stupid to learn.
Here in Colombia the mess at the border crossing is big news. TV was showing huge crowds trying to cross. Venezuela is starving. Millions have settled all over Colombia. As a far as I can tell there isn’t any animosity towards the Venezuelans...but the stress at the border is at a breaking point.
Isn’t it odd that a terrible drought is confined to the borders of Venezuela? It appears to be the same drought effecting North Korea.
Berniezuela!
It’s fairly heartless to turn away a people facing horrific persicution by a socalist dictatorship which is forcing then to face starvation.
That said if these men are of fighting age put them in a reugee camp and train them to serve in an army to retake their country.
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