The first waves of the migrant caravan have arrived at U.S.-Mexico border; thousands more expected

[oberliner]

in coming days

The first large wave of the migrant caravan arrived in Tijuana early Tuesday morning. About 400 migrants, mostly from Central America, rolled into the border city on nine buses. Some hung out of bus windows and cheered; at least one Honduran flag fluttered outside a window.

The migrants are reaching their final destination in Mexico amid inflamed tensions on both sides of the California-Mexico border. At the El Chaparral port of entry earlier Tuesday morning, people who have been waiting weeks to claim asylum said many migrant shelters along the border are nearing capacity. They expressed concern that the caravan would jeopardize their chances of entering the United States.

Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced it was closing some northbound vehicle lanes at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa border crossings to prepare for the arrival of "thousands of people migrating in a caravan" toward the border. The agency said Department of Defense personnel were installing concertina wire and erecting barriers, barricades and fencing.

Luis Bustamante, assistant secretary of the government of the state of Baja California, said there is room for about 900 migrants to sleep in Tijuana's handful of migrant shelters and churches. With the roughly 400 migrants who arrived Tuesday, Bustamante said only about 500 more migrants will find accommodations. Thousands more are on their way from central and southern Mexico.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2018/11/13/central-american-migrant-caravan-update-migrants-arrive-tijuana-border-mexico/1988590002/

[efhmc]

1. Bless and help all those fleeing oppression and violence.

nt

[oberliner]

3. Here's hoping for the best for them!

[guillaumeb]

2. 400 migrants arriving at the bordser of a country of 325 million.

8 migrants per state if divided evenly.

[genxlib]

4. Aren't the troops in Texas?

Sounds like a great military mind at work. They are "guarding" a border 3 states away.

[oberliner]

5. The whole "troops" thing was obviously a sham for political purposes

[efhmc]

6. https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/politics/mattis-border-trip-us-troops/index.html

Cruz used fear to help his turnout.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. First wave is the lie

Waves of immigrants have been arriving at our borders for hundreds of years. These groups of people who banded together for safety happen several times a year, every year.

There was nothing first about this, it's normal.