Posted on 10/19/2018 9:50:17 PM PDT by Rusty0604
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — A standoff between thousands of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States and Mexican police stretched through the night with some migrants hanging from the closed border gate wailing "there are children here" while others slept on the crowded bridge linking Guatemala to Mexico.
But they were met Friday by a wall of police with riot shields on the Mexican side of the bridge. About 50 managed to push their way through before officers unleashed pepper spray and the rest retreated, joining the sea of humanity on the bridge.
Police and immigration agents began letting small groups of 10, 20 or 30 people through the gates if they wanted to apply for refugee status. Once they file a claim, they can go to a shelter to spend the night.
As night fell on the bridge, the migrants' frustration turned to despair as women clutching small children took up the rows in front of the gate pleading with the Mexican federal police. Some migrants yelled "We are hungry!" Others wailed that they had children while others set up tarps to prepare for the night sleeping on the increasingly dirty and befouled bridge.
A Mexican marine official with a loudspeaker approached the gate and told migrants they would be taken in trucks to "a humanitarian attention center" in Tapachula, a border city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. But the official did not say when this would happen.
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Starving them is a pr stunt by whoever is organizing this.
“there are children here...
Yeah and I feel bad for children having moronic parents.
But the best way to help the MOST children is by showing that children won’t get special treatment this time around.
100x this number will NOT take their children because of this, hopefully.
As a Christian, it is sad. As an American, it is a no brainer.
Plus the Bible probably says something about taking care of yourself and your own family.
But I’ll be damned if i know where.
Still i think it’s in there.
I’m hungry too. Guess what? I just ate at In N Out. Screw these bastards. Cant we just napalm the caravans?
Double-Double?
Nope. Remember the SECRET MENU for In N Out? I ordered the Flying Dutchman ..
Oh man, I forgot about that. I’ll have to take another look at that.
I quickly decided the Double-Double, with pickles, add mustard and lots of pepper and some salt on the tomato was for me.
Sadly, didn’t hit InO on the way leaving Fort Worth. But at least got there two times.
Since there’s not one near me, I guess it’s gonna be $5 Taco Bell tonight. That will work.
AND grilled onions!
You mean “The Box’ for $5? Yeah, that’s one of best cheap meals around and I get that once in awhile.
animal of course..
Yeah, the $5 box. You can still get the Chalupa Cravings $5 box. Probably what I’ll go for tonight. I tried a new box last night but back to my standard.
Yeah, it’s a great deal. Wish they’d bring back the one with the crispy chicken in a tortilla (forgot the name).
My sympathy jar is empty.
My empathy jar is empty.
My compassion jar is empty.
I am refilling all 3 jars with ammo.
eat each other
Tanks and the military with LIVE ammo at our border, with orders to repel the DAMNED INVADING HORDES, is what I want to happen.
Im with you. If I lived near the border I would gladly feed military and militia.
We need to call this crap what it is...A DAMNED ARMY OF INVADERS, UNDER A FOREIGN FLAG!
Once upon a time, we knew just how to handle this kind of garbage and did!
How are they urinating so much on the bridge if they haven’t had anything to drink? Somewhere they are getting fluids.
Can’t wait for my low info homily tomorrow. I may be walking out.
Why are they carrying their country’s flag if they are fleeing persecution?
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