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Central Americans surge north, hoping to reach U.S. before Trump inauguration
Reuters ^ | 11/24/16 | Gustavo Palencia and Sofia Menchu

Posted on 11/24/2016 5:45:35 PM PST by markomalley

Central American countries warned on Thursday that large numbers of migrants have fled their poor, violent homes since Donald Trump's surprise election win, hoping to reach the United States before he takes office next year.

Trump won the Nov. 8 vote by taking a hard line on immigration, threatening to deport millions of people living illegally in the United States and to erect a wall along the Mexican border.

Trump's tough campaign rhetoric sent tremors through the slums of Central America and the close-knit migrant communities in U.S. cities, with many choosing to fast-forward their plans and migrate north before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

During fiscal year 2016, the United States detained nearly 410,000 people along the southwest border with Mexico, up about a quarter from the previous year. The vast majority hail from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

Since Trump's victory, the number of people flocking north has surged, Central American officials say, contributing to a growing logjam along the southern U.S. border.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: illegals; trumpmexico; trumptransition
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1 posted on 11/24/2016 5:45:35 PM PST by markomalley
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Let them know they are all being deported...


2 posted on 11/24/2016 5:46:31 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: markomalley

Fine, and then Trump can drop-kick them right back out of this country next year.


3 posted on 11/24/2016 5:47:00 PM PST by dirtboy
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4 posted on 11/24/2016 5:49:07 PM PST by 4Liberty (DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
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To: markomalley

Trump: “If I win they’re going back.” He’d better live up to his promise.


5 posted on 11/24/2016 5:49:42 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: markomalley

Just more to throw back OVER that Wall :)


6 posted on 11/24/2016 5:58:26 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: markomalley

We need to send them back harshly!


7 posted on 11/24/2016 6:03:37 PM PST by WENDLE (Sanctuary cities are OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE!! That is a FELONY!! Ask Nixon!!)
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1. All illegals who committed any other crime while in our country should be deported. No exceptions. Those deported should be permanently barred from any legal reentry or path to citizenship.

2. All illegals who entered in the past four years, and thus have not been here long enough to have stronger ties here than at home, should be deported. In other words, no new growth in our illegal population. Those deported should be permanently barred from any legal reentry or path to citizenship. No exceptions.

3. Once those are taken care of, we should deport the remaining illegals (or better, encourage them to go home on their own). Allow those who go home on their own to apply for legal reentry and legal status. Those deported should be permanently barred from any legal reentry or path to citizenship - again, no exceptions. For those who go home on their own, we should take into account in their visa applications any past history of productive work in the United States, English proficiency if they learned our language while here, and any record of living here without using welfare and other social services.

4. The only way for illegals to gain legal status should be to apply from their home countries for legal entry after voluntarily going home.


8 posted on 11/24/2016 6:10:21 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: markomalley

Banking on a hail Mary from Obama or a change of heart from Trump.


9 posted on 11/24/2016 6:12:52 PM PST by glenduh
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To: markomalley

They’re headed towards trouble.


10 posted on 11/24/2016 6:16:03 PM PST by Crucial
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Why are so many millions of people fleeing their socialist paradises to come to the Racist,Bigoted country of America??


11 posted on 11/24/2016 6:16:42 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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The article appears to me to be a justification for them to enter the country illegally.


12 posted on 11/24/2016 6:22:54 PM PST by Retired Chemist
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Why are so many millions of people fleeing their socialist paradises to come to the Racist,Bigoted country of America??

Gotta get that ebt card, free housing, healthcare, education, free obama phone and whatever else they can get free.

13 posted on 11/24/2016 6:40:41 PM PST by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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Simply disallow birthright citizenship, all but emergency medical care, food stamps, jobs, housing, bank accounts, drivers licenses and amnesty. They will go home by themselves. When they set up a demonstration, surround the crowd and vet all within the crowd for ID or green cards. No speaky English, you go eee home eeee.


14 posted on 11/24/2016 6:41:15 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: markomalley

Coming in droves. They want Trump to be their president. LOL.


15 posted on 11/24/2016 6:42:24 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud, irredeemable deplorable of the Trump Revolution.)
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To: markomalley

It’s an invasion. Respond accordingly.


16 posted on 11/24/2016 6:49:29 PM PST by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: markomalley

I’m SO looking forward to bringing the ICE raids back to my area. Not only will they round up the illegals from down South, but the latest influx of Chinese and SE Asians working in the local poultry processing plants.


17 posted on 11/24/2016 6:57:52 PM PST by thescourged1
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They’ve been watching too much `Cops’. You know that reality show where the drunk driver thinks if he can just beat the police cruisers to his driveway, he wins?
They get deported and popped again and they get two years in prison.


18 posted on 11/24/2016 6:59:19 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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They’ll have a short stay.


19 posted on 11/24/2016 7:16:34 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: eyeamok
Why are so many millions of people fleeing their socialist paradises to come to the Racist,Bigoted country of America??

Because they want to make our country just like their socialist paradise? Actually, it's because we coddle them and give them free food, housing and services. Well, not me, my racist bigoted president Obama forces me to hand over my cash and he gives the stuff to the invaders. Soon to change, come January 20th. No more coddling. Time to take care of Americans, not invaders.

20 posted on 11/24/2016 7:19:44 PM PST by roadcat
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