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How the migrant caravan became so big and why it's continuing to grow
mysanantonio.com ^ | 10/23/2018 | Kevin Sieff and Joshua Partlow

Posted on 10/24/2018 7:11:07 AM PDT by rktman

Edith Cruz was sitting at home in central Honduras, scanning Facebook on her phone, when she saw the post about the caravan on a community news page.

It was Oct. 12. She and her cousin had just opened a small business selling tortillas when they were confronted by a gang, threatened with death if they didn't hand over half of their profits. She looked at the Facebook post: "An avalanche of Hondurans is preparing to leave in a caravan to the United States. Share this!" Within three hours, her bags were packed.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; invaders; invasion; trespassing; undocs
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She told two friends and she told two friend and.....
1 posted on 10/24/2018 7:11:07 AM PDT by rktman
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The need for a wall is very clear to all now that caravans are on their way and they will become massive if this is not stopped.
If 10,000 doesn’t get your attention, then wait until it is 100,000. They are coming.

And notice that all these “poor” people have phones and Fecebook.


2 posted on 10/24/2018 7:13:27 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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And apparently plenty of food and water for the trip.


3 posted on 10/24/2018 7:15:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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they were confronted by a gang, threatened with death if they didn't hand over half of their profits.

Sounds like the IRS.
4 posted on 10/24/2018 7:15:32 AM PDT by eyeamok
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Wow—all these poor people have computers with internet access at home in Honduras.


5 posted on 10/24/2018 7:17:50 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: rktman; Liz; AuntB; greyfoxx39; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...

If it took her THREE HOURS to pack shes not in the caravan with “nothing, just the clothes on her back”...


6 posted on 10/24/2018 7:18:03 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Would you rather have a million dollars now or take a penny now and double the amount every day for the next 30 days?


7 posted on 10/24/2018 7:19:06 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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That’s an old one. Take the penny.


8 posted on 10/24/2018 7:21:40 AM PDT by Blennos
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Our media is refusing to give the American people good intelligence on this invasion.

Like

Where is the head of the column

Is it on one route or many routes

How is it being feed watered and housed

Who are the leaders


9 posted on 10/24/2018 7:22:50 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The Dems and the rest of their globalist cabal have their fingerprints all over this “caravan”. The closer this mob gets to the border the more the Democrats will lose voters because more and more Americans associate illegal aliens with the RATS! Not one prominent RAT has spoken out against this! Gees, I wonder why?


10 posted on 10/24/2018 7:23:31 AM PDT by dowcaet
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And apparently plenty of food and water for the trip.

Although, in the past few days, the caravan's publicists have taken to showing spot videos and interviews of the hardship of those walking all that distance. Probably, in order to be fed, the caravan has to exit the trucks, assemble, and march for an couple of hours in order to get the necessary publicity. That in itself can be tiring in the heat. But, a couple of hours isn't 24 hours of continual effort and exposure, either.

11 posted on 10/24/2018 7:23:50 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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She told two friends and she told two friend

This won't change until those amigos start telling other amigos that they're going to be turned back at the border and sent home.

12 posted on 10/24/2018 7:23:55 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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Still trying to understand what the military can do to stop this alien invasion at the border.
Miles of razor wire?
The military is not trained for a border confrontation like this.
I’m trusting the President on this.


13 posted on 10/24/2018 7:24:08 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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2^30 > 10^9 pennies = (10^9 / 100) dollars = $10,000,000

Yeah, I’ll take the penny doubled every day for 30 days.


14 posted on 10/24/2018 7:25:23 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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Here’s the bottom line question — WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF OUR BORDERS?


15 posted on 10/24/2018 7:28:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; Tennessee Nana; TADSLOS
....all these “poor” people whining about having no jobs in stinkhole Honduras have cell phones, computers and internet connections to Facebook......

.......the "impoverished" military-age latinos are all well-groomed and well-fed, sporting designer tee shirts, and Nikes.

Their ability to walk thousands of miles without breaking a sweat is one for the Guinness Book of Records.........

16 posted on 10/24/2018 7:30:08 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: rktman

Any stories about people leaving Honduras because the tortilla stands they used to shake down for money closed, and upon seeing their extortion revenue declining they decided to pack up and join the caravan?


17 posted on 10/24/2018 7:30:31 AM PDT by posterchild (anti-science: thinking a fetus is distinct from a tumor and sex is determined by chromosomes)
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To: fella

Well, I did see someplace that Tijuana is the target. After all, isn’t Cali a sanctuary state?


18 posted on 10/24/2018 7:33:22 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

yep, multiply by 100,millions will pour in if not stopped now


19 posted on 10/24/2018 7:34:08 AM PDT by aces
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Honduran migrants! Listen up!
Be kind to your aching feet.
It’s only a short walk to the socialist paradise of Nicaragua.


20 posted on 10/24/2018 7:36:50 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Triggered)
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