Hundreds of Hondurans have gathered in the city of San Pedro Sula with plans to make their way north toward the U.S.-Mexico border. Immigration authorities in Guatemala have warned that around 1,1000 migrants on buses were headed toward the two countries common border.
The migrants composing the newly formed caravan have told reporters that President Donald Trump’s threat to seal the United States southern border wouldn’t hinder their efforts to make it to the U.S. Many say that they are unable to support their families in Honduras, so they decided to join the caravan, hoping to have more opportunities in the U.S.
According to the Associated Press, a woman by the name of Nohemy Reyes who waited at the bus stop with one of her five kids, said that her country’s economic situation was causing her to head north.
“The economic situation is very difficult,” she told AP reporters. But if she finds that the border is closed upon her arrival at the U.S.’s southern border, she said that she would return to Honduras.
Another migrant in the caravan told a reporter from CNN: “I’m not afraid. When you set yourself a goal and you trust in God then you do everything to get there and in my case, my goal is to get to the US.”
According to Mexico’s immigration authority, the National Migration Institute, a group of 350 Central American migrants from another caravan of 2,500 strong – this time from Guatemala – forced their way into Mexico on Friday. A spokesman from the National Migration Institute stated, “With an aggressive attitude, the migrants broke the padlock on the border gate and entered the country.” The group clashed violently with local police in Metapa de Dominguez – a town in southern Mexico – after crossing the border from Guatemala.
More than once, President Trump has warned migrants attempting to reach the southern border of the United States from Central America and Mexico to stop forming caravans. Trump has even ordered the suspension of all U.S. foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala – the states from which the vast majority of migrants in caravans are originating from.
But neither of these actions have helped to stem the unrelenting tide of migrants.
Meanwhile, United States border facilities and immigration services are swamped with Central American and Mexican migrants. Officials have described the migrant crisis as being close to reaching a breaking point.
This week, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that more than 103,000 migrants were apprehended or deemed ‘inadmissible’ in the month of March – up nearly 77,000 from February.
With the newest caravans from Honduras and Guatemala already on their way, the U.S. can only expect the numbers to increase and the strain on the immigration system to worsen.
but the democrats say we have no crisis Please send all of these to NY.California
This whole thing is damned annoying. Why must we be the salvation of people who force their way into our country and demand that all sorts of benefits shower down upon them and all they have to do is suck up these benefits. I live in vey Southern California, a pistol shot from the border, and many of the people here, if asked about it will say, “They just want a better life.” Who the hell doesn’t want a better life. I would be willing to bet that if I were to go to Honduras, or Mexico and demand a job, housing and all sorts of benefits I wouldn’t git very far. The governments of those countries are as crooked as a snake. If they want “a better life” let them turn the rascals out and get a better government. ‘Nuf said.
Military on border defend it with live ammo it is the American peoples country not illegals
Trump needs to send enough troops to the border to get the job done! Since judges and politicians didn’t follows laws to stop this mess , screw them all! Put out an order , No More Crossing! Close the border and treat all alike: rapists, women, murders, men, sex traffickers, children, disease ridden, violent offenders…….. They are Aliens, they have no dam rights to take advantage of America! Put all the existing aliens in holding back over the border, then continue processing REAL asylum seekers by the law that designed to work. We know dam well 99 percent of Aliens from a South of The Border is economic and they heard.America has great benefits if they just get in any way they can.
Let the whinnie politicians and bleeding hearts whine , cry, and demand… couldn’t be any worse than it is now! With all the noise maybe a Congress will get their head out their asses and get moving on fixing this created by politicians ignoring the problem for the last 50 years. Build the Wall from the Pacific Coast all the way across Texas. Put technology and infrastructure in place to support the wall. Hire more Border Agents. Fix watered down created immigration Laws. Get rid of Sanctuary Cities. Fine and jail American employers that hire aliens ( they are screwing Americans out of jobs, don’t pay benefits on them, and aliens don’t pay taxes) stop the under the table b.s. that only benefits the one hiring them financially. A few years in prison would change their UnAmerican action!
I want people to be able to live a comfortable and healthy life but not at the expense of the American people.
When is our president going to stop this invasion? We already have Muslims in the US threatening our livelihood. What is the President doing about this threat? They’re beginning to take over Using our own systems.
Stop the invasion
Pathetic. These “migrants are coming from leftist-socialist countries.
To the U.S.A. Congressional Democrats and RHINOS:. I hope and pray that ALL of you who have opposed building the Wall fail to get reelected or elected to any public office that you campaign for. You are not attempting to solve a U.S.A. Crisis. Dictatorships don’t deserve U.S. Assistance unless they are working to better the lives of their people and are not just enriching their own pockets.
Horrible mess and US can’t or won’t “fix” this border situation. A truly blatant disservice to the American public and many others. This nonsense needs to stop. Everyone has a country. Stay in yours and make things better..quit running elsewhere.
We are not the caretaker of the “world”.