US-bound migrant caravan in Guatemala swells to 9,000 people

[rangerrebew]

US-bound migrant caravan in Guatemala swells to 9,000 people

By Afp

Published: 16:27 EST, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 20:42 EST, 16 January 2021

 

At least 9,000 Honduran migrants have entered Guatemala after a first group pushed past border police late Friday and others soon followed on the first step of a journey north they hope will take them to the United States, officials said Saturday.

Seeking to escape poverty, unemployment, gang and drug violence and the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes, the migrants, most of them traveling on foot, planned to head first to Mexico and then on to the US, a journey of thousands of kilometers.

A first group of men, women and children -- many wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic -- pushed their way Friday past police at the Guatemalan border town of El Florido, 220 kilometers (132 miles) east of Guatemala City, an AFP correspondent said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-9155355/Group-US-bound-Honduran-migrants-Guatemala-swells-9-000.html

[rangerrebew]

Will they be required to have protective masks before being allowed in?  Who is going to pay for their food and housing when they cross the border?  We will, of course.  Will Biden grant them immediate citizenship as he has from time to time "promised?"  If we are going to have such open borders, why are sanctuary cities and states needed?

[Fishrrman]

Let's see what happens when they get to the Mexican border.

Probably be 20,000 by the time it gets here.

With many more to follow -- perhaps in the millions.