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Caribbean-Latin America
Migrant 'caravan' at U.S.-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing
2018-04-26
[Rooters] Hundreds of Central American migrants colonists from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border together this weekend in defiance of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
to repel them.

The timing of the migrants colonists arrival could compromise a flurry of talks this week to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has repeatedly threatened to scrap if Mexico does not crack down on the flow of Central Americans through its territory.

Busloads of migrants colonists began arriving on Tuesday at a shelter that was a five minute-walk from the border and within sight of a U.S. flag waving under an overpass connecting the two countries.

Moslem colonists Migrants said they fled their homes in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because of death threats from local gangs, the murder of family members or political persecution.

Moving from town to town, the migrant caravan became a stumbling block for U.S.-Mexico relations after Trump unleashed a series of tweets in early April, telling Mexican authorities to stop them.

Local migrant aid groups said it was the biggest single group they had seen arrive together as they scrambled to find places in ten shelters.

Volunteers from U.S.-based advocacy group Pueblos Sin Fronteras, which organized the caravan, addressed the migrants colonists to discuss a plan to cross together the main pedestrian bridge into the United States on Sunday.

Tensions flared after a Mexican immigration official suggested they go in smaller groups to the border station.

Some 2,300 miles across the United States in Washington, D.C., Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray met with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to discuss Central American migration, the Mexican ministry said in a statement.

Ministers from Mexico, Canada and United States also met in the U.S. capital as they rushed to seal a quick deal on updating NAFTA.

It was unclear if concerns about immigration could affect the talks. On Monday, Trump threatened to make immigration controls a condition in the NAFTA talks and demanded that Mexico stop people from crossing its territory to enter the United States.
Posted by:trailing wife

#16  Blue Fox?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-26 22:05  

#15  Maybe they are just heading to Tijuana for the fabled donkey show. Posted by rjschwarz

A bit late. I attended the last performance in 1972.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-26 20:59  

#14  #1 - Ding, Ding, Ding!

If no trade vehicles, pedestrians, or (MORE IMPORTANTLY) cash transfers/remittances, were to go away for a couple days...Mexico might start to find a way to stop this shit
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-26 20:42  

#13  Perhaps the fabled UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun
might be in order.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-04-26 15:59  

#12  Maybe they are just heading to Tijuana for the fabled donkey show.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-26 15:28  

#11  How nice, our very own version of The Camp of Saints.

....put them on ships and let them sail the Pacific for a few years. Re-supply them via helicopter. Rinse, repeat.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-26 13:49  

#10  How nice, our very own version of The Camp of Saints. Will the fed gov have the stones to do anything about it? Despite the talk, I'm gonna bet no.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-04-26 13:46  

#9  The Daily Mail has photos and video — see here.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-04-26 13:34  

#8  Perhaps they expect to swim, right into the area where the SEALs train and occasionally arrest folks trying such foolishness.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-26 11:10  

#7  San Diego has had a wall since the 90s. They'll have to go east into the Imperial desert or into Arizona to get around.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-26 11:09  

#6  Weakest link strategy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-26 10:20  

#5  Notice they chose CA border to begin their invasion and extortion of American wallets. Maybe Jerry can come offer welfare and instate tuition.....
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2018-04-26 10:10  

#4  A very bad day on Mutla Ridge. Thanks BP.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-26 09:32  

#3  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-04-26 09:30  

#2  End NAFTA, build a wall and treat Mexico as the hostile, failed state it is.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-04-26 09:29  

#1  Just close the entire fok'n border, east to west.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-26 07:47  

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