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Louie Gohmert calls for RICO probe to find out who's paying for Honduras migrant caravan
American Thinker ^ | October 23, 2018 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 10/23/2018 10:17:40 AM PDT by detective

Who's financing the Honduras migrant caravan of illegal immigrants, with as many as 10,000 snaking their way into illegally entering the U.S.?

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas has a sensible suggestion for finding out: using the RICO statutes. According to the Washington Examiner, citing Fox News, Gohmert said:

We have got to have the DOJ investigate where the funding is coming from to send these thousands and thousands of people to the U.S. ... You can use RICO to go after them.

The question, which the incurious media show no sign of wanting to answer, is worth asking, given the expense the taxpayers will be saddled with as thousands of them openly climb over border fences, dare border officials to fire on them to stop them, worm their way in through asylum legal maneuvering, or put up big sob stories with photos of mothers and crying children as a means to get in and get the benefit packages. It's a certainty that quite a few will get in, unless President Trump can be genuinely effective at stopping them, and right now that's not a certainty.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico
KEYWORDS: gohmert; illegals; invasion; rico
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To: detective

Declare it an emergency because of invasion and use war powers via civil affairs units to transport them back to their own countries


61 posted on 10/23/2018 12:06:52 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: detective

An army travels on its stomach. Someone is feeding these people and providing monetary assistance. You don’t just drop your lawnmower in the middle of your yard and jump on a 1500 mile walking caravan. These people are being paid. There is no doubt about that.


62 posted on 10/23/2018 12:11:40 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: TigerClaws

Using federal tax dollars to fund their “charity” work.


63 posted on 10/23/2018 12:28:33 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: detective

I’d wager Herr SSoros is behind this.


64 posted on 10/23/2018 12:56:04 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Of course they are being paid!

There are vids of the wommins with their hands out, getting paid cash, by some latino guy.

Who is giving the cash to Latino “Pimp” Guy?


65 posted on 10/23/2018 1:10:14 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: detective

Easy solution.

Have native speaking plants join the caravan with i-phones.

In less than a week they’ll have everything needed to know with video proof.


66 posted on 10/23/2018 1:24:23 PM PDT by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth.)
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To: detective

Easy solution.

Have native speaking plants join the caravan with i-phones.

In less than a week they’ll have everything needed to know with video proof.


67 posted on 10/23/2018 1:48:31 PM PDT by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth.)
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To: TigerClaws
Catholic charities for years have been enabling illegal invaders. Nobody stops them from doing so. Start there.

This

68 posted on 10/23/2018 2:00:50 PM PDT by timestax
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To: timestax

Along with Lutheran Social Services.

The Feds pay both Catholics, Lutherans (and other denominations) money to ‘help’ legal and illegal immigrants. It’s very lucrative for them. Congress does nothing about it.


69 posted on 10/23/2018 2:03:38 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: aquila48
That’s fine, but the number one priority right now is to simply stop them.

Darn tootin!

70 posted on 10/23/2018 2:05:26 PM PDT by timestax
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To: jjotto
The Feds pay both Catholics, Lutherans (and other denominations) money to ‘help’ legal and illegal immigrants. It’s very lucrative for them. Congress does nothing about it.

Somebody get this info to President Trump. I would think he will not put up with this crap.

71 posted on 10/23/2018 2:29:53 PM PDT by timestax
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To: TigerClaws
"Catholic charities for years have been enabling illegal invaders. Nobody stops them from doing so. Start there."
Some branch of the Lutherans are also serious collaborators.

During previous invasions I recall reading where they were buying whole apartment complexes to house their refugees/asylum seekers ...

72 posted on 10/23/2018 4:01:21 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: blueplum

Thanks for the info.

But there must have been millions of dollars spent. Food, payments to drug cartels and criminal gangs for passage is expensive. Who is providing protection? Supplies and medicine and health care and places to stay must cost money. Who is caring for the children supposedly coming. That costs money.


73 posted on 10/23/2018 5:00:08 PM PDT by detective
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To: blueplum

Great info.

Thanks.

U.S. taxpayers to Democrats to Obama administration to Soros to drug cartels to invaders.

This is a greatly simplified but generally accurate description of who is funding this.


74 posted on 10/23/2018 5:06:53 PM PDT by detective
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To: blueplum

Great info.

Thanks.

U.S. taxpayers to Democrats to Obama administration to Soros to drug cartels to invaders.

This is a greatly simplified but generally accurate description of who is funding this.


75 posted on 10/23/2018 5:07:22 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective
Great idea.

We can't expect our Goebbels, dnc, Useful Idiot, propagandist media to searche for, much less report, anything truthful to the American people,about this, or anything else.

76 posted on 10/23/2018 5:17:40 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't waiting. Do it today.)
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To: detective

thanks. And thanks for being gracious about my data-dump on your thread, but it seemed to be the best topic to park it. :)


77 posted on 10/23/2018 5:57:07 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: blueplum

Great job.

You put the media to shame.


78 posted on 10/23/2018 8:38:10 PM PDT by detective
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