Posted on 04/29/2018 11:00:27 AM PDT by blam
Around 400 migrants about to cross into San Diego are refusing the advice of immigration attorneys, who say the asylum-seekers risk a lengthy detention, or being separated from their families, before eventual deportation back to Central America.
Kenia Elizabeth Avila, 35, appeared shaken after the volunteer attorneys told her Friday that temperatures may be cold in temporary holding cells and that she could be separated from her three children, ages 10, 9 and 4.
But she in said an interview that returning to her native El Salvador would be worse. She fled for reasons she declined to discuss. -AP
After crossing through Mexicali earlier last week, the migrants been gathering in Tijuana on Tuesday. So many reportedly showed up that the shelter they were occupying was overflowing by Wednesday. Most members of the group are from Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras, and are fleeing their homes, they say, because of death threats from local gangs, or political persecution.
That, according to many, is worth dealing with US authorities and deportation for the small chance they might be granted asylum.
“If they’re going to separate us for a few days, that’s better than getting myself killed in my country,” said Avila.
“We are the bearers of horrible news,” said Nora Phillips, a Los Angeles immigration attorney while taking a break from legal workshops in Tijuana where around 20 lawyers are offering free information and advice. “That’s what good attorneys are for.”
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Who is paying for all those nice buses I see on TV?
Send them all home immediately or prepare for a tidal wave of humanity.
This is where the rubber hits the road, Mr. President.
Why are they all men?
They talk about women being separated from their children, but there is not a single woman or child in that picture.
I just don’t get the mind set, what makes these people think they have the right to come here?
If they were barging into my house wouldn’t I have the right to defend myself to keep them out? How is this different?
They will establish the chain, then, the relatives take a leisurely pace supported by US taxpayers to come here.(?)
Our military should already have established a 30 mile buffer zone inside Mexico.
Line up the United States of America Army along the border. Let the libs cry. We have a border for a reason.
Mexico has already given them asylum, so there’s no legal standing on them coming here.
U got that right.
Tens of thousands will flood the border if Trump doesn’t stop it.
mexico is not our friend. We should impose heavy, and I mean heavy sanctions on them.
100%. After signing that omnibus bill and getting played in Syria with that bogus chemical attack, he's got to stand his ground. If he isn't firm, the haters will sabotage the Korean peace deal and be very close to their goal of ending his presidency. JMHO
Any US citizen (or non) who assists in sneaking them across needs to be arrested and thrown in jail.
U got that right.
Tens of thousands will flood the border if Trump doesn’t stop it.
Trump is CinC of the armed forces of this country. He could stop the entry of illegals at any time by deploying the Army to interdict them, just like the Navy and Coast Guard interdicts drug runners. He could build a wall right now, regardless of what Congress or the Senate has failed to provide, by declaring its need for national security purposes. Yet he fails to do any of this. It’s past time for Trump to **** or get off the pot.
I don’t want to live next door to these people, it’s not safe.
Smugglers should be shot on sight.
PDJT certainly sounded like he was fully tuned into the situation when he spoke about the topic at last night’s rally.
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