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Caravan Riders May Rush The Border En Masse to Provoke the Trump Administration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/11/22/caravan-riders-may-rush-the-border-en-masse-to-provoke-the-trump-administration-n2536384 ^ | 10/22/2018 | Beth Bauman

Posted on 11/22/2018 7:44:28 PM PST by Signalman

Members of the caravan traveling from Central America are talking about rushing the border en masse to provoke the Trump administration and make it across the border, Fox News reported.

"They have that intention,” Sergio Tamai, a founder of Angels without Borders, a group helping the migrants, told Telemundo 20 in San Diego. “I believe that thousands could make that jump."

Over the last two weeks, at least 3,000 illegal aliens have arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California. The Mexican federal government, however, anticipates that number to rise to 10,000 in the next few months.

The caravan riders have camped out in Tijuana in hopes that President Trump will grant them asylum, although some are growing impatient.

“Most of us, yes, we want to be on the other side,” Honduran caravan rider Jorge Molina said. “Some want to jump over the wall, others to go another way, and others want to wait and see what kind of response they get.”

A judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration cannot ban caravan riders from seeking asylum.

There are currently 5,800 active duty troops stationed at the border to keep the caravan riders from illegally crossing into the United States.

President Trump has vowed to keep caravan riders out of America. He reiterated his position again on Wednesday.

So far, Mexican officials say they have arrested 34 caravan riders for drug possession, public intoxication, disturbing the peace and resisting police. Those who were detained will be deported back to their home country.

Overall, Mexicans who live in Tijuana are not happy about the caravan riders taking over their town. Tijuana residents protested the caravan riders this past weekend, yelling at them to "get out" and "go home."

According to Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum, the caravan riders have been "aggressive and cocky" and caused chaos in his city.

Tijuana officials are now preparing for a border rush.

"A human stampede would be an immediate provocation to the U.S.,” Manuel Monárrez, a Tijuana councilman, told Telemundo. “And justify [President] Donald Trump to impact the binational dynamics of the economy.”


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; california; caravan; invasion; riders
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To: cpdiii

Just close the border down with the exception of legal commerce. “””

NO- CLOSE it completely.

When the commercial aspect of all of this starts to really hurt Mexico, then Mexico will get busy & round these people up & get them back south of their own borders.

Until then, everyone is asking America to solve this problem.

The organizers & financial supporters of these INVADERS need to be punished.

As for all of the Liberal posters here on FR who are criticizing Trump——DO YOU WANT ANY OF THESE INVADERS ON YOUR PROPERTY OR IN YOUR HOUSE?

I would bet now.

I will defend my property & I will do so with lethal force. I don’t give a hoot whether they are ‘armed’ or not.

Their sheer mass is threat enough.


61 posted on 11/23/2018 6:09:53 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: 17th Miss Regt

A squadron or two of Abrams Tanks, loaded with XM1028 Tungsten Canister rounds. Half a mile back from the border.

LET them rush the border. They won’t last long. . .


62 posted on 11/23/2018 6:10:43 AM PST by Salgak (You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
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To: frog in a pot

Hell, the Dem house could impeach him for failure to safeguard our nation.


And they would impeach him for successfully safeguarding our nation. It’s easy for them...Orange Man Bad!.


63 posted on 11/23/2018 7:40:03 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu
And they would impeach him for successfully safeguarding our nation.

Sadly, we are nearing that point. Even more outrageous, of course, is that it appears the UN would support such an impeachment under the theory that impeding the right of migrants to migrant would constitute a crime against humanity.

64 posted on 11/23/2018 7:54:28 AM PST by frog in a pot (The result of many federal bailouts? Taxpayers elsewhere in America finance the Left's growth.)
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To: Signalman; All

From Twitter:
Department of State @StateDept 12h12 hours ago
https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1065812256385056768
.@SecPompeo: The caravans will not be permitted to enter the United States. There are real dangers to the safety and human rights of migrants from those who would prey on them. Read the full statement:
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Protecting Our Southern Border and Working With Mexico to Address Caravans and the Safety of Those Transiting Mexico
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/11/287518.htm


65 posted on 11/23/2018 8:04:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: jmacusa

That sounds good


66 posted on 11/23/2018 8:09:27 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: frog in a pot
Trump has a lot riding of this and it could break him. Hell, the Dem house could impeach him for failure to safeguard our nation. The senate wouldn't convict but it would be there for any 2020 campaign.

Oh, piff...and again I say, piff!

"Impeachment" will have the political and historical significance a Nobel Peace Prize has attained. IOW, a running joke.

67 posted on 11/23/2018 10:04:32 AM PST by gogeo (The Repubs may not always deserve to win, but the RATs always deserve to lose.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m sure it will all lead up to a “Kent State” situation, followed by decades of Mea Culpa.


68 posted on 11/23/2018 10:05:08 AM PST by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once..)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Don’t we have people undercover in the caravan? Can’t they spike the illegals’ food or drink? No gunfire necessary.


69 posted on 11/23/2018 10:12:31 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Great things never come from comfort zones.)
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To: gogeo
"Impeachment" will have the political and historical significance a Nobel Peace Prize has attained. IOW, a running joke. Oh, piff...and again I say, piff!

First, please understand there was a bit of facetiousness in my post.

On the other hand, given the socialist dem's slate of potential 2020 presidential candidates, a well-designed and drawn out attempted impeachment based on everything they despise about Trump could be its best, if not obvious political move.

The effort would be designed to present questions and doubt in the minds of R primary voters. It would be an anti-Trump circus for months on end, and the barkers would be the MSM and the entertainment world. The RINOs and deep state would quietly nod their heads in agreement while pumping their candidates.

Hope you do not end up choking on that "piff". [;^]

70 posted on 11/23/2018 10:48:59 AM PST by frog in a pot (The result of many federal bailouts? Taxpayers elsewhere in America finance the Left's growth.)
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To: frog in a pot
I believe we've either approached a tipping point or passed it.

Many of us understood that it would be Trump versus the world. We understood that the Establishment wouldn't surrender. It's a fight, a war.

There are no guarantees, and it's not for the faint hearted.

Victory cannot be won until the Deep State and the Dem Media are discredited. The next two years are part of the war and process.

So Cowboy up.

71 posted on 11/23/2018 11:17:34 AM PST by gogeo (The Repubs may not always deserve to win, but the RATs always deserve to lose.)
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To: gogeo
I believe we've either approached a tipping point or passed it.

Likewise.

So Cowboy up.

Save your gratuitous advice. Have been ever since the time I was sucker-punched. Back of my head hit an iron column and by the time I could get on my feet, it was all over.

72 posted on 11/23/2018 11:27:04 AM PST by frog in a pot (The result of many federal bailouts? Taxpayers elsewhere in America finance the Left's growth.)
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To: Signalman

“Trump administration cannot ban caravan riders from seeking asylum”

He didn’t ban asylum as long as the
invaders came thru a port of entry,
in an orderly fashion, at a pace that
was controllable.


73 posted on 11/23/2018 5:26:05 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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