Posted on 05/26/2021 11:34:40 AM PDT by 11th_VA
ROMA, Texas (Reuters) - Among the hundreds of Central American migrants crossing the Rio Grande river daily on rafts from Mexico to Texas, dozens stood out on a recent day. They were generally taller and some wore skirts, stylish shoes and tracksuits, while many of the other migrants wore T-shirts, pants and jeans.
U.S. border patrol officers who apprehended them near the river tried to speak to them in Spanish. There was a pause as some of the border crossers explained in broken English that they were Romanians, a Reuters photographer said.
Scores of Romanians who are part of the Roma ethnic minority have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas in recent weeks to seek asylum, highlighting the far-flung origins of some of the migrants who have contributed to border arrests in recent months reaching a 20-year high.
Reuters witnessed large groups of these migrants crossing the Rio Grande on rafts on multiple occasions in May. The migrants Reuters spoke to said they were fleeing racism in Romania and wanted to seek asylum in the United States.
The Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and have a long history of social exclusion and discrimination.
Over three weeks, a Reuters photographer saw nearly 200 Romanians crossing at different points along the Texas border, many extended family groups of 10-15 people.
Border patrol agents have apprehended 2,217 Romanians so far in fiscal year 2021, more than the 266 caught in fiscal 2020 and the 289 in fiscal 2019, according to data provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.
More than 2,000 Romanians crossed the southwest border in fiscal year 2016. Current arrivals are on pace to be the highest since 2007, the earliest year for which citizenship arrival data is available....
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Answer #2: (Jeopardy answer) What is, to scam EVERY Gov’t assistance program in America ...
We call them Gypsies...
The Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and have a long history of social exclusion and discrimination.
There’s a reason for it.
>> to seek asylum
WRONG.
They could GET asylum in Mexico. They aren’t supposed to keep hopping countries to get to America.
Watch your pockets...
IIRC, getting kidnapped by gypsies was never a good thing...
Oh boy...bring in your lawn furniture at night and make sure you lock your barn or garage.
How do you tell a 5 year old Mexican refugee from a 5 year old gypsy refugee?
The gypsy refugee is the one smoking the cigarette.
Seriously, they're the raccoons of the human species.
They are all parasites.
Well I spent the last two years living in Romania. Quite an experience. And yes Romanians and Bulgarians truly hate the Roma. And much of it is earned...
She was really something before electricity...but seriously she had talent and good looks. WTF happened to her?
They want to coat your driveways...
My guess is they are being financed by Europeans and filled with ideas of what they can get away with here.
She was. Heavy on the WAS.
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
or travellers..
Here is Florida gypsies use small children to beg in shopping center parking lots. Heat of summer. Cold of winter. No difference to them. They are disgusting filth.
Also the five-year-old gypsy will be wearing a wedding ring.
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