“Gypsies?..........................”
Yes, they are. “Roma” is the term they use for themselves. Originally a tribe that migrated from probably India about the time of Alexander the Great, they have remained pretty much a closed society, surviving by their wits and by sometimes illegal means, earning themselves a reputation that has lasted and even been reinforced down through the centuries.
Darned right they are persecuted almost everywhere. For good reason. But it is still persecution. And therefore a very good excuse to ask for “asylum”.
Persecuted so much they have all the resources to travel thousands of miles to walk across the Southern US border and get on welfare. They are coming to live off the work of the stupid gringo like everyone else. Close the border. They can get asylum in Mexico.