Posted on 01/15/2019 1:53:34 PM PST by KingofZion
A new caravan of Honduran migrants has set out toward the U.S., prompting President Trump to press his case that a border wall is the only way to stop illegal immigration.
A group of about 500 migrants, including families, set out from a bus station in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula late Monday, according to video images on local media and Karla Rivas, an official with ERIC, a local Jesuit organization that monitors migration. Another group of some 600 migrants set out early Tuesday, Ms. Rivas said, adding that they appear to have plans to merge.
*** Part of the caravans members are on foot, but others have taken buses. Early Tuesday, Guatemalan officials denied entry to about 60 migrants who didn’t have valid identification, said Ms. Rivas, as they passed through the neighboring country on their way to Mexico and to the U.S.
The migrants have been organizing through social media for longer than a month, according to a WhatsApp group monitored by The Wall Street Journal.
“There is no visible leadership,” said Ms. Rivas. “It’s the same dynamic as the last caravans, spreading the word through social media.”
On Tuesday, messages on the chat group showed pictures of some of the migrants stopping along the road in Honduras to eat tamales.
The caravan follows several far bigger caravans ahead of midterm elections last year that created widespread attention as Mr. Trump and his allies made immigration and secure borders a priority issue.
*** The Honduran government estimates about half of the migrants in the first caravans returned home. Many of the rest are in border cities like Tijuana waiting to apply for asylum in the U.S. Mexico has offered many of them work permits while they wait.
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How does President Trump get played like this? He gets talked into delaying, then gets walked back when the dems find a way to counter him.
Will meth-EEk-O step up or step aside.
Let’s see how far they get without any gas or diesel in Mexico. One of my wife’s cousins waiting for 4 hours on line, twice in two days, and never got any gas.
Let them walk the whole way, and see how far they get.
I wouldn't be surprised if a group of 600 set out early every Tuesday.
Mexicans are going flip crazy.
Thought there were going to be sanctions for the countries enabling this.
“There is no visible leadership,” said Ms. Rivas. “It’s the same dynamic as the last caravans, spreading the word through social media.”
I think they should start naming these caravans in the same manner as tropical storms.
They could develop models to predict when and where “landfall” will occur.
Categorize them by size. Cat 1,2, etc.
I think your text is too small.
No leaders huh?
Who are the bunch with matching green vests at head of this line of Invaders? So many lies!
Yep.
When is Soros going to be deported for assisting people to illegally enter our country? When are ANY of the people who he’ll them going to be punished?
So we have another border security crisis in the making. I wonder if the new President of Mexico is going to step in and stop this, perhaps arrest those sponsoring and funding the caravan? I wonder if the Democrats are hoping that the shut down will last long enough to the caravan to get to the border?
I suspect that Trump will let things move along with the partial shutdown and when the caravan gets closer, he will declare a “national emergency” and mobilize more National Guard troops and send them to the border to assist with construction of additional fencing and security features.
I hope this partial shutdown backfires on Nancy and Chuck, big time.
Time for Mexico to step up and enforce ITS southern border.
She speaks the truth. George Soros has not made a public declaration of monetary support. However I recall reading an article that claimed his organization was helping the criminal aliens with lots of bucks.
Do a search on Irineo Mujica and Pueblo Sin Fronteras.
Let us always remember, these people have no RIGHT to enter our country. That's why they are criminals.
It was? Do you mean the big one at the stadium miles south of the border? There still is a tent city in Zona Norte right near the river and yards from the border. At least there was one last Friday.
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