Posted on 07/12/2018 7:27:00 AM PDT by george76
11 families who had been detained and separated after they were caught crossing the U.S. border illegally returned home Tuesday to Guatemala aboard a U.S. government-chartered flight that read "World Atlantic."
Greeted by first lady Patricia Marroquin, they lined up on the tarmac, shuffling - their shoelaces had been taken as a security precaution. U.S. immigration officials handed over paperwork in manila envelopes to Guatemalan officials. The immigrants walked single-file into a squat gray building at the country's military base to be processed back into their country, along with dozens of others also deported.
Chartered flights full of deportees from the United States regularly arrive in the Central American country, but Tuesday's flight was among the first containing families separated at the border under President Donald Trump's contentious zero tolerance policy. More than 2,300 children were separated from their families before a June 20 order stopping the practice.
While some Central American migrants say they were fleeing to protect their families from severe violence, parents who spoke with The Associated Press said they made the difficult, dangerous journey to the U.S. for a better life. They were seeking a chance at a steady job or a better education for their children.
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Juarez and the others said they paid thousands of dollars to smugglers, and would not likely try the journey again anytime soon.
"Now, I'll try to find work here," Juarez said. "What else is there?"
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YES . . . More, more, more
How do you like it, how do you like it?
how do they get thousands of dollars?
A heartwarming story. All sides win.
In the midnight hour, she cried “More...More...More....”
Where’s the likes of Simon Bolivar, heck even Che & Fidel to get the peasants to rise up against the ruling cartels. In this case, it’s not the plantation owners and cattle ranchers of yore, but the bloody drug barons.
Easy for me to say from far away, but more of a rhetorical question.
1. Work at a job and save money. http://www.averagesalarysurvey.com/guatemala
2. Get money from relatives as an ‘investment’ for when you are making money in the US and sending some back to them - much like an annuity.
"Now, I'll try to find work here," Juarez said. "What else is there?"
He should have saved himself the trip.
Now, let's put some smugglers on the planes as well.
“how do they get thousands of dollars?”
Very good question. “The World Bank 2010 data for Guatemala indicates that the Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita for Guatemala is $2,740 and for the Lower Middle class the average annual income is $1,619 in US dollars.”
It isn’t the educated, somewhat prosperous upper class making the trek across the desert.
I could see people saving a hundred bucks a year for 15 or 20 years to make the trek. It would wipe out your life savings.
Or maybe us liberal groups pay for their journey.
Greeted by the first lady of the country THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY FLEEING...
How does that work?
They are just farming money. They send people here, they cross the border illegally, get on welfare, and send the money home. Mexico’s main income is from money sent from the USA.
Well if you want to know how I really feel
Get the galleys going
Make illegals do the rowing
They must go back home before they can get another meal
Yes! Go back and spread the word about how terrible the U.S. is and how lucky you are to be a back home in a commie dictatorship where everything you have and whether or not you and you children will eat today depends on how low you are able to bow to your overlord.
From the billions illegal aliens and legal aliens send out of the country each year. They are financing the invasion with our money.
Hopefully they will tell their friends that dragging a child along will no longer get them a free ticket into the U.S.
Damn good observation.
That may be his best song.
DON’T BREAK INTO OTHER COUNTRIES!
I like “Blue Highway” Steve Stevens’ solo is killer.
I love a happy ending.
L
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