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Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Honduras Over ‘Big Caravan’
Roll Call ^ | Apr 3, 2018 | John T. Bennett

Posted on 04/03/2018 8:59:07 AM PDT by Cheerio

President to Mexico: Group of immigrants ‘had better be stopped’

President Donald Trump warned Honduras and Mexico he will retaliate if an alleged “caravan” of immigrants from the Central American country enters the United States.

The president for several days has appeared fixated on what he claims is a large group of immigrants he contends plans to try to enter the United States illegally. If they do, Trump says he might cut off U.S. aid to Honduras and terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he says has benefited Mexico. But Congress might object to the former, since lawmakers control federal funding.

And he is using the alleged “caravan” to try to push lawmakers to quickly craft and pass what he on Monday vaguely called “border legislation” without offering specific policy demands. That is unlikely, since it has been years since major policy legislation passed both the House and Senate without using special rules.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; cacaravan; caravan; honduras; illegal; mexico; nafta; trump; trumpcaravan
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See how they write this - the term alleged “caravan” used over and over in this article.
1 posted on 04/03/2018 8:59:07 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio
See how they write this - the term alleged “caravan” used over and over in this article.

It's hard to tell at a distance. Some have said it is in fact a "Town and Country", and other reports even describe an old Plymouth Voyager!
2 posted on 04/03/2018 9:03:28 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Cheerio

And this:”The president for several days has appeared fixated...”

Monitoring our borders and safety is now a fixation.


3 posted on 04/03/2018 9:05:29 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: Cheerio

Mexico stopped it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/02/trump-says-mexico-does-little-to-stop-migrants-on-its-southern-border-hes-wrong/?utm_term=.93ef6da74afd

“The Mexican government on Monday evening moved to break up the caravan of migrants traveling through southern Mexico, with immigration officials registering the travelers and suggesting some could receive humanitarian visas while others would have to leave Mexico.”


4 posted on 04/03/2018 9:07:55 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Cheerio

Threats won’t feed the bulldog. We expect to see some ACTION against this invasion of our country. We do not have a shortage of welfare takers here.


5 posted on 04/03/2018 9:08:05 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Cheerio

Why are we sending aid to these countries that want to invade us?


6 posted on 04/03/2018 9:09:03 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: Dr. Sivana
It's hard to tell at a distance. Some have said it is in fact a "Town and Country", and other reports even describe an old Plymouth Voyager!

VW Touareg.

7 posted on 04/03/2018 9:10:22 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Honduras Over ‘Big Caravan’

So we send ‘aid’ to Honduras and they accept it...then the people we just ‘aided’ leave their homeland to come HERE for MORE ‘aid?

Huuuhhh??


8 posted on 04/03/2018 9:12:55 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Rennes Templar

To the Fake News industry, following his Constitutional *mandate* is some sort of bizarre fixation.

They would be well advised to get used to it.

Their obsession with a hooker, euphemistically referred to as an adult film star, on the other hand, is entirely rational.


9 posted on 04/03/2018 9:15:00 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Krosan

Those groups will be smaller but still head toward the USA once the dust settles.


10 posted on 04/03/2018 9:17:07 AM PDT by caww
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To: txrefugee

There was an executive order declared last year that allows the US to go after all the assets of “Human Traffickers” that the US can. If they step foot on US soil they will be arrested and not released.


11 posted on 04/03/2018 9:17:13 AM PDT by Doctor DNA (This is not your grandfather's internet.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Proud of President Trump. First guy I’ve voted for in years who has my full fledged support. He’s a problem fixer.


12 posted on 04/03/2018 9:17:57 AM PDT by kiltie65
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To: Krosan

Sorry but I don’t consider the Washington Post to be a credible source. It may be true but I haven’t read this anywhere else.


13 posted on 04/03/2018 9:19:22 AM PDT by boycott
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To: LydiaLong

Even God doesn’t know.


14 posted on 04/03/2018 9:21:09 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: Cheerio

In a negotiation I f you make threats you can’t or won’t follow through on, you lose all leverage if they call your bluff. They then win. At some point he needs to actually do one of the things he threatens or nobody will take him seriously.


15 posted on 04/03/2018 9:29:48 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: Cheerio

The media would never even be reporting on this “alleged caravan” unless Trump tweeted about it.


16 posted on 04/03/2018 9:33:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: LydiaLong

Is Honduras in NAFTA? It’s clearly Central American.


17 posted on 04/03/2018 9:35:07 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Cheerio

It’s real...they’re coming to America...and we, the taxpyers will have to support all 100,000 of them. Advice to Trump...don’t just threaten about cutting off aid. DO IT NOW!


18 posted on 04/03/2018 9:35:27 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: txrefugee

10k ICE + 10k National Gaurd.
Lots of Tanks moving around & choppers flying around.
Road checks on major highways.
And jugglers on stilts!


19 posted on 04/03/2018 9:38:23 AM PDT by Leep (Make The Swamp Small Again!)
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To: miserare
Advice to Trump...don’t just threaten about cutting off aid. DO IT NOW!

Probably the best approach considering the negative economic impact every illegal costs. The government needs to bill back via aid reduction for every illegal to the originating country.

20 posted on 04/03/2018 9:39:55 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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