What is going on a the usual triumph of hope over common sense. What is clear though is that someone has chosen to subsidize this trek in an attempt to gain a political advantage in the USA. The exact same thing was done to Europe as well and produced huge disruption and damage and blow back as well.
The fact is that we are not set up for this type of action particularly when it has been weaponized as well as part of a political agenda. Prior experience takes us back to the Boat people problem off Vietnam and the resent rush to cross into Italy from north Africa.
In these cases, detainment camps were set up and they all stayed there until hosts could be found for them allowing a successful assimilation. This took years. However the result itself was successful..
I do think that Canada could provide detainment camps for millions in the Boreal forest and put all to work in the task of grooming the forests to supply superior timber. This provides a staging area for applying to other countries fro ultimate acceptance..
Trump reinforces border as migrants attempt to rush immigration authorities
crime | Nov 19, 2018 | By Martin Barillas
https://www.speroforum.com/a/UHEUYKMDHH39/84322-Trump-reinforces-border-as-migrants-attempt-to-rush-immigration-authorities
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security closed the nation’s
busiest border crossing in response to activity by members of the
so-called migrant caravan. At the San Ysidro entry point, which is just
across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, there were large numbers of the
migrants who were preparing to “rush the border” and overwhelm American
border defense personnel. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
tweeted on Monday, “This morning, all of San Ysidro’s northbound lanes
were temporarily closed to initiate additional port hardening efforts,”
because “a large numberr of caravan migrants were preparing to rush the
border.”
Nielsen went on to write on Twitter, “Unfortunately, some members of
the caravan are purposely causing disruptions at our border ports of
entry.” She added, “There is a legal and illegal way to enter the U.S.
We have deployed additional forces to protect our border. We will
enforce all our laws.”
While posting photos of additional razor wire and barriers being
added to border defenses, Nielsen wrote later that the Border Patrol has
reopened some northbound lanes at the international entry point. The
port of entry was closed for a little more than three hours. Nielsen
praised the Department of Defense for its swift action to assist the
civilian border security agencies.
In October, migrants from Central American rushed the international
border between Guatemala and Mexico at Ciudad Hidalgo in the southern
Mexican state of Chiapas, casting aside riot police and immigration
authorities. Some agreed to be taken to welcoming centers to be
processed for asylum, while thousands of others decided to continue
northward to the U.S. While most of the migrants are from Central
America, at least six Bangladeshi migrants were recently rounded up
while attempting to cross from Mexico into the U.S.
In a separate tweet, the U.S. Army gave credit to the 1st Combat
Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps as part of the Special
Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 for strengthening the border
defenses at the nearby Otay Mesa port of entry.
At about 3:15 a.m. local time, border officials halted all northbound
traffic after receiving reports about the potential rush by migrants.
The border remained closed until about 6:25 a.m., when 16 lanes were
reopened to northbound traffic. Ten lanes remained closed. In a
statement from the Border Patrol, spokesman Pete Flores said that his
agency “will not allow for the unlawful entry of persons into the United
States, at or between our ports of entry.” Flores said, “Waiting until a
large group of persons mass at the border to attempt an illegal
crossing is too late for us; we need to be prepared prior to when they
arrive at the border crossing.”
“In the early morning hours, CBP officials received reports of groups
of persons from the caravan gathering in the city of Tijuana for a
possible attempt or attempts to rush illegally through the port of entry
instead of presenting themselves as required to a CBP officer,” the
agency said in a statement. “CBP officials suspended operations to
safely place impediments at the port of entry that would restrict access
to a large group attempting to run through the border crossing. After
the CBP response at San Ysidro, no activity materialized at the border
crossing.”
President Donald Trump criticized news reports about border crossers,
tweeting “Fake News is showing old footage of people climbing over our
Ocean Area Fence.” Providing a photo of newly installed razor wire on a
border fence, the president added, “This is what it really looks like --
no climbers anymore under our Administration!”
