CBSNEWS — An additional 2,000 to 3,000 troops are expected to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border, CBS News’ David Martin reported Wednesday. This comes one day after acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters “several thousand” additional troops would be required to offer additional support to administration efforts to prevent illegal immigration. There are […]
Migrant Caravan Swells to 12,000 at Mexico’s Southern Border
January 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
BREITBART — Mexican immigration officials in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, which borders Guatemala, are establishing procedures to expedite the process in which to approve one-year humanitarian visas for members of the Central American migrant caravan who are arriving daily. The one-year humanitarian visas, promised by Mexico’s new President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is a […]
Trump threatens to close the border over a new caravan forming in Honduras that reportedly isn’t even headed for the US
December 30, 2018 By Leave a Comment
businessinsider.com — In tweets on Friday morning, President Donald Trump warned of a new migrant caravan forming in Honduras and vowed to close the US-Mexico border and withhold aid to Central American governments. But the new caravan isn’t heading to the US, according to immigration advocates and news reports. The caravan is estimated to have […]
Another migrant caravan with 15,000 people is set to depart from Honduras next month
December 30, 2018 By Leave a Comment
dailymail.com — The group is preparing to leave Honduras on January 15 and make its way north Unlike previous caravans, the group plans to stop short of the US and find work in Mexico instead Meanwhile, migrants who arrived with the last large caravan in October are still waiting out the asylum-seeking process at overcrowded […]
