Posted on 11/01/2018 9:06:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bandaged feet, bleeding hands, violent coughs: The caravan takes its toll
By Michael E. Miller 9-11 minutes
JUCHITAN, Mexico — The buses they were waiting for had never arrived, so now the migrant caravan was moving again — a sea of weary men, women and children, borne forward in waves by nothing more than their blistered, bleeding and bandaged feet.
As the migrants streamed past her in the pre-dawn darkness, Roxana Orellana stood on a concrete curb, rubbing the small belly that showed through her sleeveless green shirt.
The 21-year-old was five months pregnant. Her back ached and her feet throbbed from three weeks on the road. She had hoped she wouldn’t have to push her toddler’s stroller today as the sun rose and the temperature soared and her family’s water ran out.
But now that hope was gone.
“There are no buses,” she said. “So it looks like we’ll have to keep walking.”
On the 20th day of the caravan’s journey north from Central America, signs of its physical toll were everywhere — in the bright white bandages that stand out against dust-caked clothes, in the chorus of coughs that fill their camps at night, in their limping gaits and bloodshot eyes as they set out each morning.
In recent days, at least two women in the caravan have been rushed to hospitals to give birth.
As the caravan has wound its way north, it has drawn the ire of President Trump and the anxiety of federal officials in Mexico, many of whom do not want to be seen as helping migrants reach the United States in the final days before the American midterm elections.
But without buses — blocked by the Mexican federal government Wednesday night...........
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We have quite enough very poor citizens in and around our old cities in America. Immigration needs to be merit based and they can help us take care of our population instead of the other way around.
If the hoardes die of ftigue, it will be good for the USA
Compassion.....hell no
21 years old- pushing stroller with toddler......another bunch of babies thaty cannot afford & they think America will support them !!!!
My give a damn is broken. My sympathy jar was empty & I refilled it with ammo.
The best fix would be to advise governments south of the border on how best to develop and stop being crapperholes.”””
EXACTLY where are 7000 people a day leaving their human waste??? At about a pound of solid waste a day, that is over 3 tons of literal CRAP they are producing.
How come the Enviros aren’t screaming????
C’mon, start putting Barf Alerts in these things.
The democrats can’t wait for her to get here so they can kill her baby in utero.
It’s a Dickensian world out there. It builds character. Great experiences to shape future decisions to be somewhat more beneficial.
The hordes have Great Expectations
You know your literature I see.
When the cameras are rolling they move the women and children to wherever the cameras are so they are the focus
It’s like any other illegals group here or Europe
95 plus percent under 40 men
BOO FREAKIN’ HOO!
Thank you. I was inspired by the humor of the original article.
Thanks. I could never report on the caravan my cries of “Turn Back-Doom Awaits Thee.” would no doubt be seen as getting too emotionally involved.
Amazingly, Washington Post believes that articles like this hurt Trump.
Now that should prove an interesting debate. Endangered species vs hapless seekers of America’s bounty.
I’d really like to see actual video of that crowd continuing forward as they’re being hit with lots of rubber rounds and gas. Every crowd I’ve ever seen who experienced that scattered and ran like they were on fire.
If you have the video of this post it. Thanks!
Btw, I read the same about that alleged victim. I’d just like to see the video, because if one exists it’ll show these people being mowed down by the rubber rounds. One of those will drop ya like a bad habit.
I don’t think there is video, oddly enough. I heard it on TV.
All your tuberculosis are belong to us!
Yeah, I read about it. No video in a crowd that big? That’s a bit odd. Not trying to argue, but I know what those rounds will do. They’re definitely crowd/riot stoppers.
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