Mexico claiming it will disband Central American caravan heading toward US border

It looks like President Trump’s tweets have had an effect on Mexico. Whether or not you believe that our southern neighbor will follow through, at least they realize they have a PR problem, and potentially face some serious consequences for aiding and abetting violations of our border. Joshua Partlow and David Agren, reporting in the Washington Bezos Post, totally buy into the Mexican PR effort:

The Mexican government on Monday evening moved to break up the caravan of migrants moving through southern Mexico, with immigration officials registering the travelers and suggesting some could receive humanitarian visas while others would have to leave Mexico.

The caravan, estimated at more than 1,000 migrants, many from Central America, has gained increasing visibility because of tweets by President Trump that have criticized Mexico for not doing more to stop the flow of migrants to the southern border of the United States.
Skepticism toward Mexico is the rule of the day on this story. Buzzfeed, with a reporter embedded in the caravan, is less credulous than the WaBezPo:

Mexico’s National Institute of Immigration (INM) said late Monday that it plans by Wednesday to disband a caravan of hundreds of Central American migrants that has been traveling through Mexico for nine days.

Caravan organizers said, however, they expect at least some of the migrants to continue north to the US border. They estimate that most of them will seek asylum or some type of protection in Mexico or the US.

I think that it is fair to conclude that the group organizing and sponsoring this caravan, Pueblo Sin Fronteras (“town without borders”) has provoked a backlash.

That is not a caravan coming up through Mexico.

A caravan has legitimate purpose, and usually something useful to trade with. The "caravan" headed north is an invading band of plunderers not unlike the barbarians who flooded across the Danube into the Roman Empire.

THIS is a proper caravan:

At least the ones crossing the wasteland with two-headed cattle are earning their own way and contributing products and money into the economy.

Somebody is lying.

Caravan Organizers Vow to Continue March to US Border, Plan Crossing from Baja California

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3644460/posts

How would the “caravan” stand up to a strafing run by a few Apaches? Not serious, of course (the “migrants” are likely to be no more than pawns), but we need to take a stand. At what point does Trump declare a national emergency and send the military to the border?

Wow, a bunch of negative Nelly’s! Oh, I get it, I’m disappointed the wall isn’t up already. And i don’t trust Mexico either.

But Trump won the PR battle, he at least got Mexico to admit that they were letting the illegals through on purpose. Mexico has pretty severe illegal immigration laws, if they are getting through Mexico to us, it is because Mexico lets them.

Trump is at least addressing the problem. Obama and Hillary would welcome them with open arms. Ensuring that more were to follow.

Exactly. I’m thinking they’re breaking them into smaller groups so they’re more difficult to keep track of.

And tell the caravan horde to calm down for a week or two until Americans attention changes to the next hot flash topic of the day or week and then they can just waltz right on in as usual unmolested.

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