Caravan organizer Pueblo Sin Fronteras blasted by migrants over risky journey

[Judy]

Caravan organizer Pueblo Sin Fronteras blasted by migrants over risky journey

By Nicole Darrah | Fox News
Published 15 hours ago
Last Update 7 hours ago

Pueblo Sin Fronteras, a group of activists escorting the migrant caravan of thousands of Central Americans traveling to the U.S., is being blamed by many — including the migrants themselves — for encouraging such a risky trek.

The group, which is comprised of about 40 U.S. and Mexican activists, gave the caravan an option in October. The migrants were asked whether they wanted to continue to the U.S. southern border or stop in Mexico, where the government offered to let them stay.

Pueblo Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, warned the migrants the offer might be too good to be true and called on a voice vote — to which the crowd yelled to keep moving toward the U.S.

Since then, former allies and some migrants have said the group downplayed the risks involved, particularly for those with families and small children.

The organizers also were accused of misleading caravan migrants about how long they would have to wait on the Mexican side of the border to apply for asylum.

Irineo Mujica, a leader among the caravan organizers, rejected the criticism, telling The Associated Press that the group's “commitment first and foremost was protecting the lives of migrants and giving them as much information as possible.”

“To blame the people who are helping is crazy,” he said.

Adelaida Gonzalez, a member of the migrant caravan who traveled with her son and neighbor from Guatemala City, said she wished she’d accepted Mexico’s offer to stay and work in the southern state of Chiapas.

"We were never told along the way that it would be this hard," Gonzalez, 37, said after she saw the border wall topped with razor wire and the long waiting list for asylum seekers.

Roberto Corona, the founder of Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said in the organization's defense that attorneys along the way told the migrants they could be held in U.S. detention centers for months and possibly separated from their children. He said that ultimately the migrants — many of whom were escaping poverty and violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala — made their own decision.

"They know the wall is very big, and they will not be very welcome in the U.S. by many people," Corona said, "but still they have hope of coming here, that at least their rights will be more protected, and they will be able to make a living."

The organization has said it simply accompanied migrants to protect their rights, but it’s clear they play an essential role: It helped charter the route, arrange bus transportation and negotiate with Mexican officials to provide protection. It also raised more than $46,000 online for emergency housing and food.

This is the fourth and biggest caravan of Central American asylum seekers that Pueblo Sin Fronteras has helped reach Tijuana. When the caravan crossed into Mexico, it numbered 7,000; about 5,500 made it to Tijuana.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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[Judy]

No one wants "people without borders". Who wants these nomads and squatters? These are the people that won't stay in their own yards and want yours.

[Beezer]

I am surprised Cartel have not gone after Pueblo Sin Fornteras!!!!

FBI needs to raid their offices and shut them down. Freeze their bank accounts!

[Judy]

I am surprised Cartel have not gone after Pueblo Sin Fornteras!!!!

FBI needs to raid their offices and shut them down. Freeze their bank accounts!

They ARE the Cartel. This was their way to tell Trump, you think you're tough arresting our people, putting our people in detention centers, causing us all these problems and delays in getting our people into the US? We'll show you, we'll send so many your little Border Patrol guys will be overwhelmed and we'll have them use the asylum process to stay in. This was all done to make Trump look ineffective on immigration and flip voters to DemoQuacks in the mid-terms. And it worked, too.

These cartels are very sophisticated business people, they are not who you think they are. They collect around $300 billion a year tax free in drug payments, plus billions more in sex slavery, labor networks, child porn, prostitution, slave trade, gangs. That's over a trillion dollars every 3 or so years. They've been at this for 40 years. You have no idea who these people are and how rich and powerful they are at this point in time. The Cartels own trillions of dollars of wealth that millions of people in their operations depend on for their part of it, they're mean as hell, too, they'll do anything for money.

And every dime of it depends on an open border into the United States.