Posted on 10/19/2018 2:56:02 PM PDT by SkyPilot
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — Central Americans traveling in a mass caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory Friday, defying Mexican authorities’ entreaties for an orderly migration and U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliation.
Arriving on the Mexican side of a border bridge, they were met by a phalanx of police with riot shields. About 50 managed to push their way through before officers unleashed pepper spray and the rest retreated.
The gates were closed again, and a federal police officer used a loudspeaker to address the masses, saying, “We need you to stop the aggression.”
Waving Honduran flags and carrying umbrellas to protect against the sun, the migrants arrived earlier at the Guatemalan side of the muddy Suchiate River that divides the country from Mexico, noisily demanding they be let in.
“One way or another, we will pass,” they changed, clambering atop to U.S.-donated military jeeps parked at the scene as Guatemalan police looked on.
Young men began tugging on the fencing and finally succeeded in tearing it down, and men, women and children rushed through and toward the border bridge just up the road.
Edwin Santos of San Pedro Sula was one of the first to race past helpless Guatemalan police, clutching the hands of his father and wife.
“We are going to the United States!” he shouted euphorically. “Nobody is going to stop us!”
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
At our southern border, block them while they are still in Mexico and then tell Mexico it is responsible for their care and feeding since Mexico allowed them entry through Mexico.
Mexico should build a Wall and make Guatemala pay for it
There are women with babies strapped to their front sides. There is NO WAY they are walking 1100 miles like that. My wife was in good shape when she tried to carry our son like that and she could barely do that for an afternoon.
These people are being bussed around and then dropped off for the photo ops. Journalists must be willingly avoiding taking pictures of said busses.
Daily Mail was sure to get pictures of them breaking down the fence and every person injured at the crossing. Shouldn’t be too hard to watch them get on a bus now that they are in Mexico.
I hate that the Leftists have made us despise these people, women and children included. I try to be mindful that what if my family was caught in that situation, but the only honest answer is that their home countries need to be cleaned up and improved. That can only happen by the Hondurans themselves. One woman said she left her country because the cost of electricity went up and she couldn’t afford it. But she can afford a cross-continent journey?
Let them stand there as long as they want but don’t feed them they will disperse soon enough.
You have AP article with more than a very short excerpt and
Getty images posted which are not allowed. You need to abuse
and get the mods to clean this up or pull it.
Meanwhile... Bush family socks is the top news story on the lamestream news.
Unfortunately, stationing the US military along the border is futile.
There could be a soldier/marine every five yards along the entire length of the US-Mexico border but the ‘asylum’ caravan will simply enter at the regular Ports of Entry as have earlier ones.
The United States Congress is TREASONOUSLY enabling a foreign invasion.
DITTO. They’re invaders. Calling them migrants cheapens the experience of every person who has legalli immigrated to this country.
This MOB was sponsored by your local unfriendly Democrap Party!
This MOB isnt coming here for JOBS these enemies want to enter the United States and live on the numerous Federal Giveaway Programs - living off YOUR tax dollars while continue their shithole cultures here.
Route them and burn their flags, these are enemies of our Republic!
A few gun shots in the air and they would stampede home
Meanwhile, every time an illegal alien woman pushes a baby out of her vagina on U.S. soil, that infant becomes an automatic American citizen.
That crap has GOT to come to an end!
They shouldn’t be shot. They should be deported.
Round them up, escort them into C-5s and send them home.
This is what happens when you promise nonstop freebies to FREELOADERS all in exchange for votes. Establishment Republicans see these people as cheap labor who “might” vote Republican(Which will NEVER happen) Democrats see these people as VOTERS who they will put into red states to turn them blue
That guy is certainly not suffering economic (food) deprivation.
(And even if he were, how is it the responsibility of the United States to rectify his situation?)
Import the Third World, become the Third World.
Mexico, Guatamala and Honduras are all inept and uninspired.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT withholding all support payments until they figure out how to do this.
Send them all to Vatican City.
Let the pope welcome these “migrants” and pay for their food, healthcare, education, clothing, housing, etc. etc.
Chinese women do it too, on a daily basis, they fly here to California 9 months pregnant..and pop out babies at Chinese birthing centers and those kids surprise surprise are United States citizens, isn’t that grand
If we did not give out WELFARE so freely, they would not be so sure “they were going to America”.
So would a few DEAD bodies! :-)
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