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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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To: Cheerio
"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...."

..... These people forget that Trump is the PRESIDENT of the United States .... He isn't making this stuff up .... For Pete's Sake .... He gets the latest information and intelligence from a miriad of assets and operatives that the public and News Agencies do not.

41 posted on 04/03/2018 11:50:50 AM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Krosan

Does this make Mexico a heartless nation now?


42 posted on 04/03/2018 11:58:55 AM PDT by Angels27
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To: Cheerio

How unbiased./s


43 posted on 04/03/2018 12:15:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Cheerio

Why are we giving Honduras aid? We accept their “refugees” and give them government benefits when they are here and then send their country aid for the poor also??

Talk about double dipping! We pay for them here, we pay for them there? And how many other countries south of the border are doing this too?

It should be a law that if you accept aid you keep your poor there and use the aid for them.


44 posted on 04/03/2018 1:10:24 PM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: R_Kangel

Only one place in the world where everything is provided to useless eaters for free to them from hard working tax payers, who get Nothing.


45 posted on 04/03/2018 1:19:50 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: bkopto

http://www.concertina-wire.org/concertina-wire/index.html

Razor wire
We can set up the press at the border.
They even sell a mobile unit.


46 posted on 04/03/2018 2:25:29 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Cheerio

Call it what it is. A forward scouting force.


47 posted on 04/03/2018 3:14:57 PM PDT by wastedyears (Americans are dreamers too.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

I want one of those hats. Perhaps one of the marchers can pick one up for me.


48 posted on 04/03/2018 3:15:55 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: txrefugee; All

Monday evening Mexico started busting up the ‘caravan’ and letting some people stay and deporting others.

It was ALL younger males. No babies, no grandmas, no women, no grandpas.

This was PDJT’s PLAN all along. I LOVE how he makes other ‘leaders’ take care of this shiite!

MAGA! :)


49 posted on 04/03/2018 3:19:30 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

If they keep caving in the face of his threats he doesn’t have to make good... but I think the idea is they know he will make good on it and they don’t want that to happen. btw... he’s already put tariffs on countries... that was making good on his threat


50 posted on 04/03/2018 3:25:53 PM PDT by connyankee (#covfefe lives!)
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To: wastedyears

Yes, if they succeed it will be a model for a land version of the crappy boats loaded with Africans headed for the EU, and enabled by NGOs.
Many people in Mexico would be happy to profit from human trafficking on a large scale, especially the cartels. We cannot let them get started with an even bigger flood than is already going on.


51 posted on 04/03/2018 3:59:21 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: LydiaLong

Presumably to keep them THERE instead of coming HERE. The money probably ends up in some other country’s bank.


52 posted on 04/03/2018 4:45:37 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If Leftists Didn't Live By Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
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To: connyankee

Good point on the tariffs.


53 posted on 04/03/2018 5:00:36 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: Krosan

No, they didn’t. They broke them into smaller groups and those groups will still head to our border.


54 posted on 04/03/2018 5:05:45 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yes they would. The media are the ones who made a big deal about it. That was done to put Trump in a dilemma about what he will do in order to hurt his 2020 chances.

He can put troops there, but how do they stop them?


55 posted on 04/03/2018 5:09:24 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: Cheerio

We’re sending aid to Honduras?

WTF?


56 posted on 04/03/2018 6:19:01 PM PDT by Eddie01 (I learned it on FreeRepublic.com, same as you.)
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To: Cheerio
find out what groups are funding this and haul them into court
57 posted on 04/03/2018 6:35:19 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode
Pueblos Sin Fronteras


58 posted on 04/03/2018 7:00:56 PM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: Cheerio

soros, i’m shocked... hang the POS


59 posted on 04/03/2018 7:09:10 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
And how many other countries south of the border are doing this too?

I'd like to know how many other countries WORLDWIDE are doing this too.

60 posted on 04/03/2018 7:43:11 PM PDT by houeto
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