Hot Air 10/30/2018 by Jazz Shaw
As we discussed here yesterday, the Honduran caravan has a daunting, 1,000-mile journey ahead of them if they plan to reach the Texas border. (Much further if they decide to try for the Tijuana crossing.) Traveling on foot, that will take the better part of two months under the most optimistic circumstances. So what can the caravan organizers do about it? Their latest plan is to demand that the Mexican government provide transportation for all four thousand of them, at least as far as Mexico City. (Associated Press)
Asking is one thing but receiving is another. While Mexico still isn’t doing as much as they could to stop the caravan entirely, they’re also not going out of their way to assist them in reaching the American border. Even if they wanted to, arranging transportation across the country for that many (non-paying) passengers on short notice is no easy feat.
This lack of transportation is actually having a beneficial effect in terms of protecting our border. The Associated Press has reporters embedded with the caravan and they’re reporting that many of the migrants have grown weary of the long journey. Significant numbers of them have dropped out, either heading back home or deciding to take Mexico up on their offer and apply for asylum or permanent residence there. At this point, the caravan’s numbers have been cut nearly in half from just a week earlier.
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