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In reply to the discussion: THIS is what set off Trump's crazy tweet minutes ago about dangerous "caravans" crossing the border [View all]blogslut
(37,981 posts)11. And here is a clear-headed report on what is actually happening (they're asylum seekers)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/a-huge-caravan-of-central-americans-is-headed-for-the-us?utm_term=.mtaBBVNxRO#.do2yy89g7G
...For five days now hundreds of Central Americans children, women, and men, most of them from Honduras have boldly crossed immigration checkpoints, military bases, and police in a desperate, sometimes chaotic march toward the United States. Despite their being in Mexico without authorization, no one has made any effort to stop them.
Organized by a group of volunteers called Pueblos Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, the caravan is intended to help migrants safely reach the United States, bypassing not only authorities who would seek to deport them, but gangs and cartels who are known to assault vulnerable migrants.
Organizers like Rodrigo Abeja hope that the sheer size of the crowd will give immigration authorities and criminals pause before trying to stop them.
If we all protect each other we'll get through this together, Abeja yelled through a loudspeaker on the morning they left Tapachula, on Mexico's border with Guatemala, for the nearly monthlong trek...
Organized by a group of volunteers called Pueblos Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, the caravan is intended to help migrants safely reach the United States, bypassing not only authorities who would seek to deport them, but gangs and cartels who are known to assault vulnerable migrants.
Organizers like Rodrigo Abeja hope that the sheer size of the crowd will give immigration authorities and criminals pause before trying to stop them.
If we all protect each other we'll get through this together, Abeja yelled through a loudspeaker on the morning they left Tapachula, on Mexico's border with Guatemala, for the nearly monthlong trek...
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THIS is what set off Trump's crazy tweet minutes ago about dangerous "caravans" crossing the border [View all]
highplainsdem
Apr 2018
OP
and he says the Washington Post should register as lobbyists....what about faux, eh don?
spanone
Apr 2018
#1
Dolt 45 has access to some of the best intelligence sources in the world,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#10
Why listen to the State Dept., the CIA, the Border patrol, and others when you can have....
Botany
Apr 2018
#13
Trumpy can't wait to get Lahren and Caroline Sunshine in a screaming match.
Eyeball_Kid
Apr 2018
#20
And here is a clear-headed report on what is actually happening (they're asylum seekers)
blogslut
Apr 2018
#11
Sadly, the United States is no longer a place people can come to for asylum.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#19
Tomi Lahren brain farts might affect public policy? Those 'caravans' are Trump's H1-B visa workers.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2018
#12
Just edited the OP to add what Lahren said about impeachment last week. Clueless.
highplainsdem
Apr 2018
#17
I can just hear him saying, after his final tweet about DACA..."I've got them all stirred up, now...
Frustratedlady
Apr 2018
#18
Agree. I've seen tweets saying he's been spending more than 6 hours a day at his golf club.
highplainsdem
Apr 2018
#23
"Tomi Lahren is one of America's great intellectuals." -- Rep (R) Grant Chuntley, Missouri
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#24
Caravans of people coming to USA to take jobs Americans wont and who are vital to agriculture
Pepsidog
Apr 2018
#33
If Fox and Frauds ever developed a technical glitch, stopping a broadcast from airing
DFW
Apr 2018
#44