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Grassley: Members of the Caravan Have Significant Criminal Histories,
Townhall.com ^ | November 1, 2018 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 11/01/2018 1:58:25 PM PDT by Kaslin

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley confirmed Thursday afternoon there are serious and violent criminal elements traveling in multiple caravans headed toward the United States.

"According to information obtained by my office, several members of the first caravan have significant criminal histories, including assault and sexual misconduct against a child, and membership in the MS-13 gang. Further, the Department of Homeland Security recently reported that several hundred members of the second caravan clashed with Mexican federal police throwing rocks, glass bottles, and even fireworks at Mexican officers in a seemingly criminal altercation," Grassley wrote in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Grassley is requesting a detailed briefing about how many asylum seekers are traveling in the caravan in order to best allocate resources and protect Americans from dangerous actors.

"Information on these groups will help the Committee address the needs of vulnerable asylum-seekers who need humanitarian relief and those Homeland Security officials tasked with processing people at our border, while preventing the entry of caravan members who are national security threats, such as members of transnational criminal organizations," his letter continued.

Meanwhile, President Trump has ordered 5800 troops to the U.S. border with Mexico in order to support Customs and Border Protection with combatting the caravans. At the White House Wednesday night, Trump said additional troops may be added.

"As far as the caravan, which is very dangerous -- you see what's been happening -- as far as the caravan is concerned, our military is out. We have about 5,800. We'll go up anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 military personnel, on top of Border Patrol, ICE, and everybody else at the border," he said. "Nobody is coming in. We're not allowing people to come in. If you look at what happened in Mexico two days ago, with the roughness of these people in the second caravan that's been forming, and also, frankly, in the first caravan, and now they have one forming in El Salvador -- and we are thinking very seriously immediately stopping aid to those countries."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; bordersecurity; caravan; chuckgrassley; illegalimmigration; invasion; ms13
The rest of the title is: We Need to Know More About Them
1 posted on 11/01/2018 1:58:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Well, the MSM-Democrats are going to be at the border welcoming them with open arms and attacking the soldiers who are there to protect us.


2 posted on 11/01/2018 2:00:19 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

I would not be surprised one bit.


3 posted on 11/01/2018 2:02:39 PM PDT by Kaslin (And that is not)
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To: Steely Tom

“Well, the MSM-Democrats are going to be at the border welcoming them with open arms and attacking the soldiers who are there to protect us.”

10 mile buffer zone along the entire southern border. Any American violating that zone will be subject to federal penalties. Or as the sign said when I drove onto my MM3 sites, “Use of deadly force authorized.”


4 posted on 11/01/2018 2:11:02 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (EVERYONE IS UNIQUE! JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!)
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To: Kaslin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift


5 posted on 11/01/2018 2:12:56 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Kaslin

Central America is likely cleaning out its prisons.


6 posted on 11/01/2018 2:14:07 PM PDT by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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To: Kaslin
"According to information obtained by my office...

This is great for us out on the sidewalk to know. Assuming Grassley is smart enough to have not compromised any yet unfinished operation it would appear we have the extent of their network.

We can now rest assured our people have identified the organizers of the various caravans and have not only listened in to their communications with their support forces, but also with comms from the support forces up through the hierarchy. "Whatch'a gonn'a do when they come for you?"

Will feel really good about paying my taxes this year.

7 posted on 11/01/2018 2:18:16 PM PDT by frog in a pot (We will survive as a nation - but only if we bravely and effectively defend the Constitution.)
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To: mewzilla

They don’t like having to take back all their citizen criminals that were deported.


8 posted on 11/01/2018 2:41:15 PM PDT by Lopeover (POTUS needs Republicans, the Midterm Election is about allegiance to the America First agenda!)
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To: frog in a pot

And the funding for that mob is being gone after.

frog in a pot wrote:

“”According to information obtained by my office...

This is great for us out on the sidewalk to know. Assuming Grassley is smart enough to have not compromised any yet unfinished operation it would appear we have the extent of their network.

We can now rest assured our people have identified the organizers of the various caravans and have not only listened in to their communications with their support forces, but also with comms from the support forces up through the hierarchy. “Whatch’a gonn’a do when they come for you?”

Will feel really good about paying my taxes this year.”


9 posted on 11/01/2018 2:41:54 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57
And the funding for that mob is being gone after.

Getting bank accounts would be a bonus. Most likely the walking money is cartel cash distributed from the back of pickup trunks.

10 posted on 11/01/2018 3:04:35 PM PDT by frog in a pot (We will survive as a nation - but only if we bravely and effectively defend the Constitution.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I wonder if that Maratrucha gangbanger gets royalties every time they use his tattooed head in one of these stories.


11 posted on 11/01/2018 3:59:15 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: Kaslin

“Caravan” Bridge rioters pelt chopper with rocks and MOLOTOV COCKTAIL:

https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1058046723040337920


12 posted on 11/01/2018 4:51:30 PM PDT by gaijin
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