A caravan of approximately 3,000 migrants began their journey towards the US southern border on Sunday. With the upcoming November election and the potential for Donald Trump to regain the presidency, many in the group expressed their desire to seek asylum before any possible changes to border policies.

 

The group, comprising individuals from various Latin American countries, set out from Mexico’s southern border. They hope to reach the US before Trump could potentially implement stricter border measures if elected. Miguel Salazar, a migrant from El Salvador, voiced his concerns about the risk of blocked entry permits. He feared that a new Trump administration might stop asylum-seekers from booking appointments through the CBP One app. This app allows migrants to schedule legal entry appointments at border posts once they reach Mexico City or northern Mexican states. Salazar, 37, noted, “Everyone wants to use that route.”

 

Oswaldo Reyna, a 55-year-old Cuban migrant, criticized Trump’s rhetoric, particularly his claims that migrants are attempting to “invade” the US. Reyna stated, “We are not delinquents. We are hard-working people who have left our country to get ahead in life, because in our homeland we are suffering from many needs.”

 

Both Trump and his vice-presidential pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, have pledged to tighten migrant crossings if they win the election. However, uncertainty remains over who Trump will face in this pivotal election after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection. Instead, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, though she must still secure her party’s nomination.

 

The Biden administration, including Harris, has faced significant criticism over border policies that critics argue have allowed a record number of migrants into the US. The caravan began its trek from Ciudad Hidalgo, a Mexican town bordering Guatemala. Many migrants had been waiting there for weeks, hoping to obtain permits to continue their journey north.

 

Credit: NYP 2024-07-23

 

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Note to migrants: There's no need to rush !

2 hours ago, Social Media said:

“We are not delinquents. We are hard-working people who have left our country to get ahead in life, because in our homeland we are suffering from many needs.”

 

So, economic migrants.  Not asylum seekers.

 

And people still try the old "Biden didn't create this mess" Just mention Trump and the illegals get scared.

They will be classified as undocumented migrants until election day, then they'll be reclassified as illegal aliens.

 

Doublespeak. 

 

 

3 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

And people still try the old "Biden didn't create this mess" Just mention Trump and the illegals get scared.

Trump killed the strongest bi partisan immigration reform in decades because HE needs a problem to run on.this smacks of fear mongering by the NYPost 

Just now, Tug said:

Trump killed the strongest bi partisan immigration reform in decades because HE needs a problem to run on.this smacks of fear mongering by the NYPost 

You still slapping that dead horse heh?  

Just now, Skipalongcassidy said:

You still slapping that dead horse heh?  

Naa trump will try to attack Kamala on this issue as you well know and I suspect she will respond in a similar manner as my post

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

Trump killed the strongest bi partisan immigration reform in decades because HE needs a problem to run on.this smacks of fear mongering by the NYPost 

Please stop with the same old tired inaccurate rhetoric. Biden repealed all of Trump's immigration policies. Even at the debates he told the the migrants to come on up. That's a fact. No link required.

2 minutes ago, Tug said:

Naa trump will try to attack Kamala on this issue as you well know and I suspect she will respond in a similar manner as my post

Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Sunday, is yet to speak to the current head of Border Patrol — despite a continued crisis at the southern border, and her role in tackling "root causes" of the crisis.

Sources familiar confirmed to Fox News that Harris has not spoken to Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens, who became chief last year amid a raging crisis at the border which is now into its third year.

Earlier this year, former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said he had not heard from either Biden or Harris during his tenure as head of the agency.

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

Please stop with the same old tired inaccurate rhetoric. Biden repealed all of Trump's immigration policies. Even at the debates he told the the migrants to come on up. That's a fact. No link required.

Truth hurts doesn’t it 

Just now, Tug said:

Truth hurts doesn’t it 

What? It's going to hurt for the "Border Czar" I can see at the debates harris using one of her word salads to defend her embarrassing performance for her first task as VP.

Wedge issue politics!! 

The truth of the matter is that Immigration , both legal and Illegal,  in the face of population decline and the subsequent economic challenges and  changes of age demographics, Is America's superpower. 

But there are those who for political gain seek to use it as a wedge issue to separate the uninformed and weak minded from the inconvenient truth that even illegal immigration provides a net gain for the US.   

 

14 minutes ago, Tug said:

Trump killed the strongest bi partisan immigration reform in decades because HE needs a problem to run on.this smacks of fear mongering by the NYPost 

Wrong. the problem was there already just the border patrol was having problems controlling it with the old laws. Trumps new laws made it easier for the officials to minimize entry and discourage illegal entry. Biden opened up the borders and gave the illegals rights to vote and gave them tax payers money to stay even though they were undocumented. Biden did this only to gain votes from the illegals. I am ot a Biden or Trump fan but you need a wake up call to the facts. Living in a delusional world with Democratic blinders on does not make your comment correct. It just shows how Democrats twist things to suit their own perception so they would be a good Democrat. Wake up mate. The elections should not blind you to the realities of the things done in the past. 

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

So, economic migrants.  Not asylum seekers.

 

But there is a legal way, and not all coming here are honorable.

47 minutes ago, Tug said:

Trump killed the strongest bi partisan immigration reform in decades because HE needs a problem to run on.this smacks of fear mongering by the NYPost 

Do you get anything right?  

Trump built a wall the Mexicans didn’t pay for with gaps everywhere.

The immigrants just walk to the gaps and walk right in.

20 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

But there is a legal way, and not all coming here are honorable.

I am 100% for increasing the legal path. But we need to know who they are.

 

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Trump built a wall the Mexicans didn’t pay for with gaps everywhere.

The immigrants just walk to the gaps and walk right in.

You figure Biden selling off the materials to fill the gaps, at scrap prices, was a good idea?

27 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

Do you get anything right?  

Drinking the bong water again?trump had the bipartisan border bill killed because he needs a problem to run on that is fact he did that it is what it is 

who here knows they get pre paid credit cards at 1000$ a month, stay free at hotels and get 3 meals and snacks, many from gangs... no background checks, a phone with message they should thank uncle biden if they can vote, etc... 

 

well, payback or karma, I guess

 

because the illegal wars in africa brought massive islam 'refugees' to europe 

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

You still slapping that dead horse heh?  

What you call a dead horse would more rationally be called a fact.

So Trump’s client Media, The New York Post haven’t thought this through.

 

Either these immigrants don’t believe Trump will lock them up in camps and then deport them en masse, or don’t believe Trump will win the election.

 

In this respect the immigrants are showing signs of clearer analysis of Trump’s lies and prospects than his supporters.

 

 

the resurrected caravan story

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

Oswaldo Reyna, a 55-year-old Cuban migrant, criticized Trump’s rhetoric, particularly his claims that migrants are attempting to “invade” the US. Reyna stated, “We are not delinquents. We are hard-working people who have left our country to get ahead in life, because in our homeland we are suffering from many needs.”

That is the problem. Too many think the US owes them an opportunity to get ahead even if they become criminals by illegally entering a foreign country.

If they used the money they gave to criminal gangs to get to the border at home they might have been able to get ahead in life anyway.

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Trump built a wall the Mexicans didn’t pay for with gaps everywhere.

The immigrants just walk to the gaps and walk right in.

and the reason the gaps exist is because Biden stopped the wall being completed. Is that an inconvenient truth?

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

The caravan began its trek from Ciudad Hidalgo, a Mexican town bordering Guatemala. Many migrants had been waiting there for weeks, hoping to obtain permits to continue their journey north.

Someone is telling us a load of lies about this situation. All those illegal migrants come from other countries, many up the Darien Gap. I've seen many tv documentaries saying that criminal gangs prey on them and steal their money. So, if they lost all their money on travel and bribes to get to the Mexican border, how can they afford to get from southern Mexico to the US border? If they walk all that way, they must need new shoes at least.

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Someone is telling us a load of lies about this situation. All those illegal migrants come from other countries, many up the Darien Gap. I've seen many tv documentaries saying that criminal gangs prey on them and steal their money. So, if they lost all their money on travel and bribes to get to the Mexican border, how can they afford to get from southern Mexico to the US border? If they walk all that way, they must need new shoes at least.

Did you ever consider the possibility that not all of them, or even most of them, suffer that unhappy fate?

1 hour ago, thaipo7 said:

Do you get anything right?  

Do you ever challenge other members' comments with facts?

2 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

They will be classified as undocumented migrants until election day, then they'll be reclassified as illegal aliens.

 

Doublespeak. 

 

 

What you and others have missed in this article is that these immigrants have a long way to go before they reach the border. And the government of Mexico is not exactly willing to see them succeed

 

Mexico is stopping nearly three times as many migrants now, helping keep U.S. border crossings down
Biden administration officials say the increased help from Mexico in slowing migration is proof their relationship with Mexico is more productive than Trump's approach.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mexico-stopping-three-times-as-many-migrants-as-last-year-rcna146821