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Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico

A group of more than a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala…

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October 23, 2018 / 1:11 PM / Updated 42 minutes ago

Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico

Delphine Schrank, Sofia Menchu

TAPACHULA, Mexico/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A group of more than a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala headed toward the Mexican border on Tuesday as the first caravan of migrants paused in southern Mexico on its planned journey toward the U.S. border.

Central American migrants queue at a border connecting Guatemala and Mexico while waiting to cross into Mexico, in Talisman, Mexico October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to begin cutting millions of dollars in aid to Central America and called the caravan in Mexico a national emergency as he seeks to boost his Republican Party’s chances in the Nov. 6 congressional elections.
The caravan, which has been estimated at 7,000 to 10,000 mostly Honduran migrants fleeing violence and poverty in their homelands, is currently in the town of Huixtla in Chiapas state around 31 miles (50 km) north of the Guatemalan border.
Mexico’s government said in a statement on Tuesday that it had received 1,699 requests for refugee status, including children. The government estimates there are around 4,500 people in the group.
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Hundreds of migrants were resting in Huixtla on Tuesday, as religious groups and companies donated clothes. Local authorities provided vaccines, food and drink.
“When we heard the caravan was coming (we joined)...people in Guatemala are also suffering from poverty. So this is an opportunity to improve my family’s life,” said Elsa Romero, a Guatemalan mother of four.
Migrant Alexander Fernandez said the column planned to move again early on Wednesday morning.
Separately, Casa del Migrante, a migrant shelter in Guatemala City, said more than 1,000 people who set out from Honduras were moving through Guatemala toward the Mexican border. Some local media said there were more than 2,000.
Trump and fellow Republicans have sought to make the caravan and immigration issues in the election, which will determine whether their party keeps control of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
Honduran authorities say that at least two men have died so far on Mexican roads during the advance of the caravan. One of the men fell off a truck in Mexico, and the other died trying to get onto a truck in Guatemala, authorities said.
The caravan in Mexico is still far from the United States border - more than 1,100 miles (1,800 km).
Mexico, which has refused Trump’s demands that it pay for a border wall between the countries, tries to walk a fine line between showing solidarity with the Central American migrants and responding to Washington’s demands to control its borders.
Mexico hopes to disperse the convoy long before it can reach the border, telling migrants to register with authorities in order to submit applications for asylum in Mexico.
That process can last weeks, and migrants are supposed to stay where they register while applications are processed. If they violate those rules, they face deportation.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...1GWbNJN7Lq7F80

The US needs to suspend all asylum claims filed by anyone from anywhere for at least 5 years and tell anyone who has a problem with that to "sue me" and take it all the way to the US Supreme Court. Obama ended asylum claims with Cuba ending the "wet foot/dry foot" policy under an Executive Order, so the precedent is already set for the Presidential authority to do this.

What concerns me is do the cartels have weapons stashed for them somewhere. 2,000 + Assault Rifles and Sniper Rifles were walked into Drug Cartels hands from Attorney General Eric Holder. Thats enough firepower for a Infantry Brigade Plus

I am of the belief that everything happening now was planned a LONG time ago and was supposed to happen under Hillary "But the Plan Must Go On" as there is no back up; there is nothing this size as a plan B

this is a multifaceted coup d'etat; its been well planned out with one exception, Hillary didn't win. It has taken them years to get to this point but they have no time to wait; they are timing it for an event that has already been planned. Everything going on now was supposed to happen with Hillary in the Commander ~in ~ Chief Seat where she could block any attempts to stop an Invasion using Humanitarian concerns and stop any counter attack by citizens.

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Migrant "Caravan" Explodes In Numbers... Turns Into Army

This is getting out of control.

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Migrant Caravan Invading States Will Destroy the Democrats!!!

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Here's why the Democrats' reaction to the migrant caravan will be a political disaster for them!!!

New Migrant Caravan Forms; Former Trump Campaign Adviser Calls "Political Gift" Before Midterms



"I wish they were carrying heroin..."

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A second caravan of Central American migrants has formed, crossing the border from Honduras into Guatemala on Sunday and on to the town of Chiquimula on Monday night, according to Fox News.
The group is following the first caravan which has been estimated at over 7,000 people by the UN, while Mexican newspaper El Universal says it has swelled to around 14,000.



Both caravans have are currently headed north and have been met with minimal resistance from government authorities.

Footage captured by a Fox News crew traveling with the caravan showed trucks handing out food, water and toilet paper to the migrants.
"My dream is get to the border if we could. If we can't we are going to have to cross the river some way, some how," a Honduran migrant who identified himself as Edwin told Fox News. As he spoke, a truck with people hanging onto the doors and sides passed behind him.
Another of the lead caravan's members who had previously lived in the U.S., 36-year-old Job Reyes told the Washington Post he's going back because America is “a country where I can live my life, unlike Guatemala.”
Reyes said he grew up in Los Angeles and returned to Guatemala 14 years ago after his visa expired. But now, with the caravan hoping to get across the U.S. border – a move President Trump has threatened to block with the military – Reyes saw an opportunity. -Fox News

"When I heard about the caravan, I knew it was my chance," Reyes told Fox.




President Trump, meanwhile, is preparing to deploy the US military to stop the caravan - claiming in a series of Monday tweets that he has "alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy [sic]"

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Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border Patrol and Military that this is a National Emergy. Must change laws!
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On Monday night, Trump suggested that the Democrats had "something to do with" the caravan - while making gestures suggesting payments.

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ICYMI - President Trump on caravan: "I think the Democrats had something to do with it."

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Vice President Mike Pence, meanwhile, told the Washington Post that there are most certainly people of Middle Eastern descent in the crowd, while Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández told him that the migrant caravan was "financed by Venezuela," according to Breitbart's Joshua Caplan.

“It’s inconceivable that there are not people of Middle Eastern descent in a crowd of more than 7,000 people advancing toward our border,” Pence said. “In the last fiscal year, we apprehended more than 10 terrorists or suspected terrorists at our southern border from countries referred to in the lexicon as ‘other than Mexico’ — that means from the Middle East region.”
The Vice President then revealed that Hernández told him that “leftist groups” from the Central American country organized the caravan, “financed by Venezuela” to “challenge our sovereignty, challenge our border.” -Breitbart

A political gift?



Former Trump campaign adviser Barry Bennett told the Washington Post that the caravan was a "political gift" for the GOP right before midterms.
"I wish they were carrying heroin. I wish we had thought of it. It speaks to the dearth of our creativity, unfortunately,” said Bennett, adding "There are 7,000 people marching toward the U.S. border. One party wants to let them in. The other party wants to keep them out."
According to an October 15 Pew Research poll, 75% of Republican voters consider illegal immigration a "very big" problem, while only 19% of Democrats consider it a top concern.




https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...political-gift

Get ready for the Cartel to create a distraction and DUMP tons of drugs and their terrorist cells over the border due to this massive invasion of our country while our border patrol are distracted and swamped with people!

Mexico cartels have these cells right on our border waiting for the RIGHT opportunity to do this.


TRUMP...SHUT THE BORDER DOWN

SEND THE TROOPS AND TURN THEM ALL AWAY!

THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY


Many of these people are sick from the journey, they have contagious diseases, there are hundreds of them all sleeping together in the dirty streets and ditches.

They are urinating and defecating along the way in unsanitary conditions with no toilet paper and carry hepatitis!

They have gone through filthy rivers with parasites.


This is a MAJOR health emergency and risk to our citizens.


Do not let them in!

Send the buses now and tell them they will NOT be allowed entry...to get on board the bus and give them a ride back home!

Many of the elderly, the women and children will give up and go home...they cannot walk another 2400 miles in 90 degree heat!

Do not allow them to be bused to our border!

Nip it in the bud!

Get those buses down their pronto!

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Cardin says we shouldn't be threatening to cut off funding to countries that help illegal immigrants make their way to the U.S.



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Democrat Sen. Cardin: U.S. Should 'Try to Help' Caravan Members; They Should Have a 'Receptive Audience'

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1000 MILES AWAY...

WHY ISN'T MEX STOPPING THEM?

DEMS SILENT...

SECOND migrant caravan heads for USA...

Previously Deported Join...

2,100 mostly unarmed Guard troops on border...