Some Musings on that Caravan
By David North on November 5, 2018
Getting beyond the beats of the tom-tom regarding the caravan coming north from Central America (such as the president's statements), it might be helpful to review some aspects of this phenomenon. I am deeply worried about it, but not actively alarmed, not yet.
Walking. As so often is the case in the immigration dialogue, the words used have a bearing on the situation.
To me a caravan is a formidable group of people moving together, usually with either vehicles, or at least horses or camels. (The smaller words, "car" and "van" both appear within the larger word, and that may be misleading.)
But so far (as of November 5) the four or five thousand in the first caravan are moving, largely, on foot. One can watch their small day-to-day movements on the CIS interactive map created by my Center colleagues.
https://cis.org/North/Some-Musings-Caravan
