Posted on 04/26/2018 2:15:35 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border together this weekend in defiance of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to repel them.
The timing of the migrants arrival could compromise a flurry of talks this week to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has repeatedly threatened to scrap if Mexico does not crack down on the flow of Central Americans through its territory.
Busloads of migrants began arriving on Tuesday at a shelter that was a five minute-walk from the border and within sight of a U.S. flag waving under an overpass connecting the two countries.
While many rested in tents after a month-long journey across Mexico, others wandered up to the border to contemplate the next stage in their journey.
"The wall doesn't look that tall," said Kimberly George, a 15-year-old girl from Honduras as she looked toward a stunted barrier a few feet away. "I really want to cross it."
Migrants said they fled their homes in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because of death threats from local gangs, the murder of family members or political persecution.
Moving from town to town, the migrant caravan became a stumbling block for U.S.-Mexico relations after Trump unleashed a series of tweets in early April, telling Mexican authorities to stop them.
More busloads of migrants arrived during the course of the day, overflowing the first shelter. Local migrant aid groups said it was the biggest single group they had seen arrive together as they scrambled to find places in ten shelters.
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You REALLY haven't been paying attention, have you?
paytrit 08
correction; if Trump lets this mob of hostile invaders in; I think we’ve all been had.
“You may fire when ready, Gridley.”
Migrants said they fled their homes in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because of death threats from local gangs, the murder of family members or political persecution.
Comprende?
True refugees should apply for asylum in the first country they enter, which would be Mexico for most of them. They should all be denied.
Agree!
All the analysis point to one thing - economic jealousy.
Mexico is a sh**hole country, run by a very strict Power elite.
El Norte is the only normal option and it is imperative that the wall go up.
I am following it.
Trump can fix this with a single executive order to the DHS secretary. Simply order that all Asylum applicants be detained indefinitely and NOT released pending court appearance. The media and George Soros NGOs will go ballistic, but all they can do is sue which will take years and years, but the meanwhile the migrant fraudsters will just stop coming.
Close vehicle and pedestrian traffic in BOTH directions!
Trap, Neuter, Release. Just like stray cats. keeps down the population.
CALIFORNIA DELARES WAR ON AMERICA !
Also, isn't one of the rules of political refugees that you must ask for asylum in the first safe country you enter which would be Mexico. Since they didn't even ask there they should be automatically rejected here.
The urge is to shoot them all, but that is what the hate America, open borders crowd want. I hope DHS has thought of other means such as tear gas, rubber bullets, water hoses, sonic weapons, etc.
Take them all on buses with the promise of a better life, away from the cameras and recorders.
Once they get to their new 'home' at an undisclosed facility, take away phones, electronics, etc. and give them some calmative as they are being herded onto a transport aircraft, which flies them to a worse craphole than they came from.
No media frenzy from dead children(which is what they are looking for) and a hopefully permanent solution.
START ASKING GOV ABBOT (WHO SWORE TO KEEP THEM OUT) WHERE IS THE NAT GUARD OR WHATEVER HE PROMISED TO KEEP THEM OUT!
SOMEONE PRINT HIS EMAL!
ALSO TRUMP! FLOOD ‘EM OUT!
Absent Federal mobilization of the National Guard, Mexico will have sent a big FU to the US.
This is Constitution 101 time for POTUS.
Mexico let them Bus in these invaders .
Shut the border .
Revoke Nafta and expell all Mexico consulates in the US .
This is War declared by Mexico .
All Americans told to come home .
These pr antics would stop .
This is Mexico colluding with the left wing open borders crowd .
Soros funded this !
What has to be done >>> Simply do not allow these bogus asylum seekers onto US soil to make their phony asylum claim. How hard is this to do? International law says a refugee can only seek asylum in the first nation they set foot on. This is Mexico.
KEEP THEM from getting into the US to make asylum claims and make this Mexico’s problem.
I know life sucks in Guatemala, Honduras etc. but no one is starving there. Those lousy countries are not my problem.
No es mi problema!
Not the Unites States problem either.
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