Tired of waiting for asylum, migrants from caravan breach U.S. border

By Christine Murray

 

A migrant woman and two boys, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk behind concertina wire on a beach in San Diego County after crossing illegally from Mexico to the U.S, photographed through a border wall from Tijuana, Mexico, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

 

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Central American migrants stuck on the threshold of the United States in Mexico breached the border fence on Monday, risking almost certain detention by U.S. authorities but hoping the illegal entry will allow them to apply for asylum.

 

Since mid-October, thousands of Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, have travelled north through Mexico in a caravan, some walking much of the long trek.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to stop the migrants, sending troops to reinforce the border and attempting a procedural change, so far denied by the courts, to require asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are heard.

 

Frustrated and exhausted after weeks of uncertainty, many migrants have become desperate since getting stuck in squalid camps in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

 

So a number opted to eschew legal procedures and attempt an illegal entry from Tijuana as dusk fell on Monday at a spot about 1,500 feet (450 meters) from the Pacific Ocean.

 

In less than an hour, Reuters reporters observed roughly two dozen people climb the approximately 10-foot (3-meter) fence made of thick sheets and pillars of metal. They chose a place in a large overgrown ditch where the fence is slightly lower.

 

Just before dusk, three thin people squeezed through the fence on the beach and were quickly picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol, witnesses said.

 

But along the border inland as darkness descended, more and more migrants followed, many bringing children.

 

Some used a blanket as a rope to help loved ones get over.

 

A mother and her children made it over the first fence and disappeared into the night.

 

The sight of them climbing the fence encouraged others, even as a helicopter patrolled overhead on the U.S. side.

 

Earlier, Karen Mayeni, a 29-year-old Honduran, sized up the fence while clinging to her three children, aged six, 11 and 12.

 

"We're just observing, waiting to see what happens," Mayeni said. "We'll figure out what to do in a couple of days."

 

Ninety minutes later, she and her family were over the fence.

 

A number of the migrants ran to try to escape capture, but most walked slowly to hand themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol officials waiting under floodlights.

 

'STAND ON MY HEAD'

Some migrants are likely to be economic refugees without a strong asylum claim, but others tell stories of receiving politically motivated death threats in a region troubled by decades of instability and violence.

 

Applying for asylum at a U.S. land border can take months, so if migrants enter illegally and present themselves to authorities, their cases could be heard more quickly.

 

The Pentagon said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had approved a request to extend the deployment of troops to the U.S. border with Mexico till the end of January.

 

U.S. officials have restricted applications through the Chaparral gate in Tijuana to between 40 and 100 per day.

 

Some migrants may hope to defeat the odds and penetrate one of the most fortified sections of the southern U.S. border.

 

Those that made it across the fence in Tijuana still had to scramble up a hill and contend with a more forbidding wall to reach California. U.S. Border Patrol agents had the territory between the two barriers heavily covered.

 

"Climb up. You can do it! Stand on my head!" one migrant said, egging his companion on.

 

One child and his mother got over the fence and ran up the hill behind. They turned around and waved to those still on the Mexican side.

 

(Reporting by Christine Murray; Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Nick Macfie and David Gregorio)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-12-05

I never imagined the "WALL" would look like this!

 

 

If the US will allow this to stand, that will be end of it and all hell will brake loose as millions will follow and than millions more, this is NOT about people in despair, this is about LAW and ORDER in US and everywhere ells...

What it will get them is months in detention and a flight back to where they came from,agree with Ezzra,there is a process and it has to be followed.

Seems like these folk trust the US judiciary more than they trust the US government. Curious to see how that works out for them... 

13 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

What it will get them is months in detention and a flight back to where they came from,agree with Ezzra,there is a process and it has to be followed.

Unfortunately at present the official process is frustrated by the federal government.

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

If the US will allow this to stand, that will be end of it and all hell will brake loose as millions will follow and than millions more, this is NOT about people in despair, this is about LAW and ORDER in US and everywhere ells...

 

Millions more to add to the millions that have arrived in the Americas since the first humans crossed the Bering land bridge.

 

They will keep coming as long as they have feet to walk or the ability to construct a rudimentary boat.

 

The US does not have the option of "allowing" it or not because it is "the way of the world".

 

It is only hubris that makes it think that it has.

 

It is still quite immature and......"cocky" in its opinion of itself, but, as all Empires do,........it'll learn.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 20187 yr by Enoon

4 hours ago, PatOngo said:

I never imagined the "WALL" would look like this!

 

 

 

Guess the Mexicans did pay for it.

what is the Catholic Church doing about the humanitarian border crisis? 

4 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

What it will get them is months in detention and a flight back to where they came from,agree with Ezzra,there is a process and it has to be followed.

Why would the fly them back?

 

Surely it's easier and cheaper to just drive them back over the border?

This has and will continue Donald won’t process claims they are fustrated what do you expect this terror of lactating latina mommies with kids is highly overrated if you are so terrified of ms13 punks how about the Arian brother hood?the bloods?the kripts?the nortienos?ms13 are nothing compared to thease gangs well?yea rite 

Have you ever heard of MS-13? They are the worst of the worst gangs. To be initiated into them you have to kill someone or rape a female. They are mostly from El Salvador. The irony of them is that the Founding Fathers of them started out in Southern California in the 80's then went back to their home country after the internal strife had subsided there. Now, they are in most major cities with a Hispanic populace. Yes, there have been sightings of them in this invasion due to their heavily tattooed faces and bodies.

Edited December 5, 20187 yr by SinCityGr8One
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That is pretty standard for most of the bad gangs that I mentioned and it proves my point they are bad they are punks it is a police matter not a matter of national security to turn your back on women and children without investigation is un Christian un American just down rite evel

Nothing to wait for, they have no grounds to claim 'asylum'. Unfortunately for them being poor and from a dump does not count. 

1 hour ago, SinCityGr8One said:

Have you ever heard of MS-13? They are the worst of the worst gangs. To be initiated into them you have to kill someone or rape a female. They are mostly from El Salvador. The irony of them is that the Founding Fathers of them started out in Southern California in the 80's then went back to their home country after the internal strife had subsided there. Now, they are in most major cities with a Hispanic populace. Yes, there have been sightings of them in this invasion due to their heavily tattooed faces and bodies.

Remind me again which country contributed millions of dollars in order to prop up the military Junta that caused the ' internal strife ' that over a 12 year period wrecked the country.

You reap what you sow !

  Part of the article--"So a number opted to eschew legal procedures and attempt an illegal entry from Tijuana as dusk fell on Monday at a spot about 1,500 feet (450 meters) from the Pacific Ocean".

 

I wonder how many  above will be part of  the statistic below! 

 

 

"from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it".

"The numbers are huge. The report said that there are 4,684,784 million non-citizen households receiving welfare"- In a new analysis of the latest numbers".  

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/census-confirms-63-percent-of-non-citizens-on-welfare-4-6-million-households

 

 

My tax money could end up going to these criminals!

 

 

 

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Edited December 5, 20187 yr by riclag

8 hours ago, malibukid said:

what is the Catholic Church doing about the humanitarian border crisis? 

Probably asking for donations.

Off-topic, troll posts and replies removed.

 

9 hours ago, riclag said:

  Part of the article--"So a number opted to eschew legal procedures and attempt an illegal entry from Tijuana as dusk fell on Monday at a spot about 1,500 feet (450 meters) from the Pacific Ocean".

 

I wonder how many  above will be part of  the statistic below! 

 

 

"from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it".

"The numbers are huge. The report said that there are 4,684,784 million non-citizen households receiving welfare"- In a new analysis of the latest numbers".  

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/census-confirms-63-percent-of-non-citizens-on-welfare-4-6-million-households

My tax money could end up going to these criminals!

 

Dubious and false statistics:

 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/43-percent-food-stamps-illegal/

Reply to deleted post removed.

 

Of course, it was Amerika. You don't have to be a genius to figure that out. They always put their nose where it don't belong. Out of a 235 year history as a Nation, there has been only 14+ years of peace time for Amerika.

7 hours ago, Credo said:

Dubious and false statistics:

 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/43-percent-food-stamps-illegal/

 According to my OP,your mistaken!  Food Stamps(Snap) is only 1 part of the many Welfare Programs! Read the article!

https://cis.org/Report/63-NonCitizen-Households-Access-Welfare-Programs

Edited December 6, 20187 yr by riclag

1 hour ago, riclag said:

 According to my OP,your mistaken!  Food Stamps(Snap) is only 1 part of the many Welfare Programs! Read the article!

https://cis.org/Report/63-NonCitizen-Households-Access-Welfare-Programs

You are correct. Welfare programmes consist of much more than food stamps.

 

Unfortunately the publisher of the article you linked to is described as an extreme right, hate group. Reports published by the CIS have been widely deemed misleading and riddled with basic errors by scholars on immigration; think tanks from across the ideological and political spectrum; media of all stripes; several leading nonpartisan immigration-research organizations; and by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The organization has also drawn criticism for its financial and intellectual ties to extremist racists.

 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/

Stay on topic and the topic isn't about welfare benefits.   There is a lot of incorrect, wrong and misleading information about welfare benefits.  

 

The migrants are not receiving welfare.   They are not in the US.