Tijuana declares humanitarian crisis as migrant group that split from caravan pushes toward border

Fox News ^ | 23 NOV 2018 | Lucia I. Suarez Sang

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tijuana's mayor defiantly slammed his country's federal government for failing to provide adequate aid for the migrant caravan and vowed not to bankrupt his city to care for the thousands now massed near the U.S. border.

Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum on Thursday asked for international groups like the United Nations to step up aid in response to the more than 5,000 migrants who have arrived in the city over the past two weeks in an attempt to reach the U.S. border. Gastelum called the situation a humanitarian crisis and claimed the Mexican federal government had not helped the city deal with the massive influx of migrants.

“They have categorically omitted and not complied with their legal obligations,” he said during a press conference on Thanksgiving Day, the Arizona Republic reported. “So we’re now asking them and international humanitarian aid groups to bring in and carry out humanitarian assistance.”

Meanwhile, a small group of Central American migrants marched to a border crossing on Thursday to demand better conditions in shelters housing them.

The group of about 150 migrants carrying white flags that read, “La Paz y Dios” or “Peace and God” separated from the larger caravan and inched within 500 feet from the U.S., the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Thursday.

They criticized the conditions at the shelters and said they deserved better.

“There are sick children here, and we are cold and hungry,” said Carlos Lopez, a Honduran who was leading the group. “The whole world is watching what is happening here.”

Municipal authorities have acknowledged they are ill-equipped to handle the growing number of migrants arriving in the city.

[CottonBall]

“Word of the new use-of-force guidelines was quick to reach the migrants at Little Padres Park, causing fear and panic among some......“They’ll kill us all just to stop the caravan,” Ramirez said.”

Excellent! You are criminals and need to be treated as such.

[caww]

"Let us cross now, we're already desperate, we've left family in Honduras, we need to work," ...said a man called Wilson.

THIS is not a call for asylum....Unemployment is NOT grounds for asylum under our laws...

[Joe Bfstplk]

If the potential illegals walked to the U.S. border, they
can walk back home.

If their efforts are in any way rewarded, the
behavior will only increase.

[RooRoobird20]

I still shake my head when I think about King Vercingetorix booting the women and children out of his fortress, thinking/hoping Julius Caeser would feed and take care of them. Vercingetorix obviously didn’t know Julius Caesar very well.

[caww]

No matter how the situation deteriorates there, let the pressure buildup in Mexico and keep the border sealed like the top on a boiling pot.

[caww]

It was reported people against this wall were doing drugs....This mother needs to have her head examined.

[caww]

Oh indeed!

All these illegals saw how it worked in Europe and so do the Mexican authorities.....they will follow the same pattern....let it build to crisis and the cash will flow! What's also striking is these illegals will sit there, survive what they have to in order to have a free pass into our country......but they would not suffer the same to change their own country.

[Zeneta]

There’s a certain recollection of a saying from, Stalin.

I’ll paraphrase;

When you push your sword into your enemy and hit a barrier, retreat, if there is no resistance, keep pushing.

[Bernard Marx]

Unlike Julius Caeser who told the Celtic woman and children to take a hike when they pulled this stunt at the Siege of Alesia I think when push comes to shove the US will cave.

I don't know whether we'll cave or not but if we don't the the optics have been designed deliberately to be bad. The whole thing is a political set-up to challenge and embarrass Trump. So many Americans have been brainwashed into the SJW mentality they'll scream like stuck pigs with the media leading the way if we use any kind of force to stop the invasion. If we cave it will be the end of American sovereignty. Catch 22. I hope there are enough of us who'll stand behind the President to save our country.

[CottonBall]

They need the consequences of their own decisions.

[caww]

They ‘believe’ we’re obligated to help them....

[sergeantdave]

“There are sick children here, and we are cold and hungry,” said Carlos Lopez, a Honduran who was leading the group. “The whole world is watching what is happening here.”

If you cared about your children, you stupid left-wing Marxist, you would have taken care of those children where they came from. Carlos, you POS, you’re a fake, a paid neo-Nazi Soros troll and a liar and I hope somebody hangs your commie a$$ from a lamppost.

[Karl Spooner]

Looks like Tujuana is having normal weather with lows around 50. It can dip into the mid 30’s this time of year. Probaby would feel like Siberia to them.