This is why we need increased border security and amended immigration laws. A large Honduran migrant caravan estimated at 1,600 to 2,000 is heading toward the United States as we speak. They are coming here because all they have to do is apply for asylum and then disappear. In addition to the obvious concerns and threats, who is funding their trek? The POTUS has threatened to withhold foreign aid to the Honduran government if they don't intercede to turn them back. Nice gig isn't it? Get free foreign aid from the US and send us your worst.

Quote: A caravan of migrants from Honduras continued north towards Mexico and the United States on Tuesday as President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw aid from the country over the group — despite the fact that the group was in Guatemala.

"The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately," Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

Various estimates put the group at between 1,600 to around 2,000 people. Overnight, they stayed in Esquipulas, a Guatemalan town after a short initial standoff with police trying to prevent them from advancing.

The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation exhorted its citizens to stop participating in the caravan because it will put their lives at risk.

In a statement Tuesday the ministry said that migrants had been lured north by false promises that Mexico would allow their passage and the United States would grant them asylum.

Before heading further north on Tuesday, dozens attended Mass at a local Roman Catholic basilica to receive a blessing for their journey, according to The Associated Press. On Tuesday, they were heading north towards the city of Chiquimula.

Guatemala's Red Cross said on Tuesday that it had provided care to nearly 400 people associated with the caravan. A Guatemalan priest estimated that more than 2,000 migrants had been fed at three shelters run by the Roman Catholic Church.

Later Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter that he had spoken to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and told him "no more aid if caravan is not stopped."

Hernandez has previously said cuts in U.S. support for Central American countries would hinder attempt to slow illegal immigration.

The Central Americans refugees said they were fleeing violence and poverty in Honduras and seeking a better life in Mexico and the United States.

Carlos Reyes, 20, told the AP he was fleeing after men tried to kill him a week prior because he is gay.

Honduran Caravan Coming To A Border Near You

"Carlos Reyes, 20, told the AP he was fleeing after men tried to kill him a week prior because he is gay."

Really? Why hasn't Gay Tom warned him about the gay concentration camps Trump was building. Tsk, Tommie's not doing his job.

Trump should run up the white flag and let the democrats have their open border, BUT, explain to the American people their entitlements will have to be cut x amount per 1,000 illegals that enter. Tie the two together.

(10-17-2018 02:25 AM)ODU BLUE Wrote:  Trump should run up the white flag and let the democrats have their open border, BUT, explain to the American people their entitlements will have to be cut x amount per 1,000 illegals that enter. Tie the two together.

He could do that and the NYT & WaPo headlines as well as wall to wall meltdowns on the 2 fake news cable channels would all be "Ruthless Trump wants government dependent Americans to die in streets" or some such BS

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...38382.html

Israel's wall was 99% effective according to this article. Walls work.