Friday’s Los Angeles Times featured a front-page story about President Trump’s threat to send troops to prevent the entry of thousands [1] of Central American foreigners headed north.
A memorable aspect of the article was the photo, showing Hondurans flying their flag, speeding along on top of a bus toward their goal of invading America with its abundant free stuff and jobs to steal.
The young men pictured certainly don’t look hungry or miserable. The one nearest the Honduran flag is flashing a “V” for victory sign.
Young men used to be idealistic and available for revolutionary activity to fight against injustice and totalitarian governments, but today they must think it’s just easier to flee the needy homeland and mooch off Uncle Sucker.
Unsurprisingly, the Director of the Casa del Migrante in Guatemala City Father Mauro Verzelleti remarked, “Migration is a fundamental right, and states must respect this right. . . If countries do not implement politics that permit people to remain in their countries, then they must respect the right to migrate.”
It must be reassuring to get approval from the Catholic church to invade somebody else’s country!
The church has never been strong on borders [2] and sovereignty [3].
Trump threatens to send troops to the border and cancel trade deal to stop migrant caravan [4], Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2018
President Trump threatened Thursday to scrap a crucial trade deal and send troops to the U.S. southern border in response to a large caravan of Central American immigrants heading toward the United States.
In a series of tweets, Trump said that if Mexico is incapable of stopping the immigrants, he will “call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
….In addition to stopping all payments to these countries, which seem to have almost no control over their population, I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught – and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2018 [5]
Trump also threatened to cancel a pending trade deal with Mexico that took more than a year to negotiate and is designed to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
“The assault on our country at our Southern Border, including the Criminal elements and DRUGS pouring in, is far more important to me, as President, than Trade or the USMCA,” Trump said, referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
His threats came as an estimated 1,500 members of the loosely organized caravan reached the Mexico-Guatemala border, with thousands more expected to arrive in the coming days. Mexican authorities have closed a border crossing near the town of Tapachula, and have ordered hundreds of federal forces to the area to help immigration agents guard popular illegal crossing points along the murky Suchiate River, which forms the international boundary between the two countries.
Dozens of federal police officers stood guard on the Mexican side of the river on Thursday. It was unclear whether the immigrants would try to rush the border, as they did at the Honduras-Guatemala border several days ago, or whether they plan to turn themselves in to border authorities with the hope that they will be granted entry. The immigrants appeared ready to wait for the rest of the caravan to arrive in order to proceed together.
Mexican authorities have said that members of the caravan will be treated like anybody else seeking to enter Mexican territory: Those with proper documentation will be allowed to pass while anybody entering the country “in an irregular manner” will be apprehended and returned to their home country. (Continues)