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    - A standoff between thousands of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States and Mexican police stretched through the night at Mexico's southern border, with some migrants hanging from the closed border gate wailing "there are children here." Others slept on a crowded bridge linking Guatemala to Mexico.

    As of early Saturday, thousands were stuck on Mexico's southern border after a failed attempt to enter the country, BBC News reported.

    Members of the migrant caravan, comprised of more than 3,000 migrants, had earlier burst through a Guatemalan border fence and rushed onto the bridge over the Suchiate River. Men and women, some with young children and babies drenched in sweat, began storming and climbing the barrier — tearing it down. They defied Mexican authorities' entreaties for an orderly crossing and U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation.

    But they were met Friday by a wall of police with riot shields on the Mexican side of the bridge. About 50 managed to push their way through before officers unleashed pepper spray and the rest retreated, joining the sea of humanity on the bridge.

    Police and immigration agents began letting small groups of 10, 20 or 30 people through the gates if they wanted to apply for refugee status. Once they file a claim, they can go to a shelter to spend the night.


    his frame grab from video shows migrants bound for the U.S.-Mexico border waiting on a bridge that stretches over the Suchiate River, connecting Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.

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    A Mexican marine official with a loudspeaker approached the gate and told migrants they would be taken in trucks to "a humanitarian attention center" in Tapachula, a border city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. But the official did not say when this would happen.

    Migrants have banded together to travel en masse regularly in recent years, but this caravan was unusual for its huge size, said Victor Clark Alfaro, a Latin American studies professor at San Diego State University. By comparison, a caravan in April that also attracted Trump's ire numbered about 1,000.

    "It grabs one's attention that the number of people in these kinds of caravans is on the rise," Clark Alfaro said. "It is migration of a different dimension."

    Elizabeth Oglesby, a professor at the University of Arizona's Center for Latin American Studies, said people join caravans like this because it's a way to make the journey in a relatively safe manner and avoid having to pay thousands of dollars to smugglers.

    Late Friday night, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an address to the nation that a large group of migrants had "tried to enter Mexican territory irregularly, attacking and even hurting some elements of the Federal Police."

    "Mexico does not permit and will not permit entry into its territory in an irregular fashion, much less in a violent fashion," he said.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousan...er-2018-10-20/

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    News flash:
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    NOW THAT MEXICO HAS OFFERED THEM ASYLUM, WHAT EXCUSE WILL LIBERALS USE FOR ENCOURAGING THEM TO INVADE AMERICA?

    A caravan of several thousand Honduran migrants on their way to the U.S. breached Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala on Friday.

    Mexican officials said they would grant asylum to the caravan of about 3,000 migrants.

    Most of the migrants plan to go to the U.S. and ask for asylum or try to cross the border illegally.

    President Trump said that, at his request, Mexico was trying to help control the flow of immigrants from neighboring countries, but that he was prepared to use U.S. military force if necessary.

    Adding to pressure on Mexico to prevent the migrants from reaching the U.S. border, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Mexican authorities in Mexico City on Friday. The migrant caravan was at the top of the agenda.

    “We’re prepared to do all that we can to support the decisions that Mexico makes about how they’re going to address this very serious and important issue to their country,” Mr. Pompeo told reporters after meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto.

    Mexican officials had hoped the offer of asylum would break up the large caravan and persuade many migrants to stay in Mexico. Mexico’s interior minister, Mr. Navarrete, said Mexico will continue with efforts to convince the leaders of the group to assist with the orderly entry of migrants into Mexico and respect the country’s laws.

    Mexico’s effort to offer asylum marks a departure from its handling of previous caravans, when migrants were sometimes given transit visas allowing them to pass through Mexico on their way to the U.S.

    Asylum seekers in the U.S. also face a lengthy and complicated legal process. For those who pass an initial interview, the so-called credible fear bar, will have to prove to an immigration judge that they are likely to face persecution in their home country because of their membership in a particular social group and their government is either unwilling or unable to protect them.

    Many asylum seekers from Central America have said they are fleeing gangs, domestic violence and other crime. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a ruling that said "domestic violence" and "threats from gangs" are generally not grounds for winning asylum in the U.S.

    Those who do pass the credible fear bar and are released from immigration jails will face a long wait for their case to be decided. More than 764,000 cases are currently pending in federal immigration courts.


    https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrant-caravan-masses-near-mexican-border-1539952930

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    amazing Mexico is helping to stop and process the caravan/ That' s game changer

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    A Mexican marine official with a loudspeaker approached the gate and told migrants they would be taken in trucks to "a humanitarian attention center" in Tapachula, a border city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. But the official did not say when this would happen.

    Migrants have banded together to travel en masse regularly in recent years, but this caravan was unusual for its huge size, said Victor Clark Alfaro, a Latin American studies professor at San Diego State University. By comparison, a caravan in April that also attracted Trump's ire numbered about 1,000.

    "It grabs one's attention that the number of people in these kinds of caravans is on the rise," Clark Alfaro said. "It is migration of a different dimension."

    Elizabeth Oglesby, a professor at the University of Arizona's Center for Latin American Studies, said people join caravans like this because it's a way to make the journey in a relatively safe manner and avoid having to pay thousands of dollars to smugglers.

    Late Friday night, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an address to the nation that a large group of migrants had "tried to enter Mexican territory irregularly, attacking and even hurting some elements of the Federal Police."

    "Mexico does not permit and will not permit entry into its territory in an irregular fashion, much less in a violent fashion," he said.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousan...er-2018-10-20/
    There are reports of men handing cash to the "migrants" to pay them for joining the "caravan".

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    amazing Mexico is helping to stop and process the caravan/ That' s game changer
    That was diplomacy. Trump and Pompeo worked hard on that agreement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    There are reports of men handing cash to the "migrants" to pay them for joining the "caravan".
    nothing would surprise me..whoever got this going was a good organizer.
    News reports said they put women and children in the front

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    Because they're all on my ignore list, I can only guess how stupid the last seven posts were.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    Because they're all on my ignore list, I can only guess how stupid the last seven posts were.
    Yet here you are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    nothing would surprise me..whoever got this going was a good organizer. News reports said they put women and children in the front
    Watch. In the days before the election, this will be “24/7 news” on every DEMOCRAT-dominated media channel in the country with pics of children.

    Despite the fact that they have all been given asylum in Mexico, they are going to keep going north to stage a photo op of "kids & moms" vs the "evil Trump".

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    Because they're all on my ignore list, I can only guess how stupid the last seven posts were.
    Why are you afraid to debate us?

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    Four more stupid posts, I assume.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    Because they're all on my ignore list, I can only guess how stupid the last seven posts were.
    You're a babbling cunt anyway....
    Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Watch. In the days before the election, this will be “24/7 news” on every DEMOCRAT-dominated media channel in the country with pics of children.

    Despite the fact that they have all been given asylum in Mexico, they are going to keep going north to stage a photo op of "kids & moms" vs the "evil Trump".
    did Mexico give them asylum? I thought only those with papers could get it.
    I also thought Mexico would allow the US to reptariate back to Mexico?

    getting unbiased news is tough on ths

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