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‘Tale of two borders’: Mexicans not seen at busy crossings
The Associated Press ^ | September 5, 2022 | By ELLIOT SPAGAT

Posted on 09/05/2022 6:16:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., agents try to separate them into groups by nationality.

“Anyone from Russia or Bangladesh? I need somebody else from Russia here,” an agent shouts and then says quietly, almost to himself, “These are Romanian.”

It’s a routine task for the Border Patrol in the wee hours in this flat expanse of desert where the wall ends. Migrants from at least 115 countries have been stopped here in the last year, but that may be less striking than what’s missing: Mexicans are virtually absent.

Instead, families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, India and dozens of other countries arrive in Yuma after wading through the knee-deep Colorado River. Their presence reflects how a pandemic-era rule still shapes the journeys of many migrants, even though much of the U.S. has moved on from COVID-19.

The changing demographics mark a dramatic shift away from the recent past, when migrants were predominantly from Mexico and Central America’s Northern Triangle countries — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

Migrants who are not from Mexico and the Northern Triangle accounted for 41% of stops on the border from October through July, up from only 12% three years earlier, according to government data.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; illegalaliens; invasion; tyranny

1 posted on 09/05/2022 6:16:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We Americans will be climbing the fences trying to get into Mexico soon.


2 posted on 09/05/2022 6:19:29 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: WMarshal

Kalifornians already are: An influx of Californians and other Americans has made its way to Mexico City, angering some locals who say they are gentrifying the area, according to a report.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/mexico-city-residents-angered-by-influx-of-americans-speaking-english-gentrifying-area-report/


3 posted on 09/05/2022 6:22:47 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there objective evidence that nobody is Mexican, or is this story based on what the respondents say when asked? After all, AP could just ask for the illegals COVID vax receipt, to see where that came from.


4 posted on 09/05/2022 6:22:59 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But the border is secure! /s


5 posted on 09/05/2022 6:23:08 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All the Mexicans who wanted to come here are ALREADY HERE.


6 posted on 09/05/2022 6:23:18 AM PDT by oldvirginian (There ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box )
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To: WMarshal

The California exodus continues as residents head south of the border

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/11/californians-working-from-home-are-moving-to-mexico-amid-inflation.html


7 posted on 09/05/2022 6:23:37 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: oldvirginian

That’s what I was thinking. That, and/or they know the good ways to get in such that they don’t get caught.


8 posted on 09/05/2022 6:39:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wll if they’re from mexico and say so they’ll likely be sent back. If they say they’re from some other country than they are seen as “refugees”.

These people are already breaking the law pouring over the border - so lying about where they’re from and who they are is a piece of cake to do.


9 posted on 09/05/2022 6:41:06 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Hey, we’re giving away a country for free here. Come on in and sign up for your freebies and mail-in ballots.”


10 posted on 09/05/2022 6:45:00 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: caww
Wll if they’re from mexico and say so they’ll likely be sent back. If they say they’re from some other country than they are seen as “refugees”.

Of course. What part of "undocumented" do we not understand?

But wait ... how did these non-Mexicans get to Mexico to cross unto US? All the way from Eastern Europe with no passport?

11 posted on 09/05/2022 6:53:10 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bangladesh and Mexican look similar.


12 posted on 09/05/2022 6:53:27 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Enough. We're not Motel 6 for the whole damn world.

We need at least a year moratorium on all immigration or we're going to end up as an unassimilated boarding house for the Third World.

13 posted on 09/05/2022 7:45:13 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“These are Romanian Gypsies.”

Gypsies are a scourge, almost impossible to get rid of. Centuries of inbreeding has created a vile parasite that can not live honestly, no matter what.

14 posted on 09/05/2022 8:43:47 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Gypsies are not Romanians, some idiots think that they are referred to as “Roma”, they are from Romania.


15 posted on 09/05/2022 8:45:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
At the border, Gypsies are labeled "Romanians".

16 posted on 09/05/2022 8:56:36 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

♬ Roma-nians, tramps and thieves . . . ♬


17 posted on 09/05/2022 9:29:49 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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