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On Sunday, as the caravan marched north through southern Mexico with official numbers topping 7,000, President Trump tweeted another promise to turn them away. While there may be strength and safety in numbers, the sight of so many migrants marching north only serves as visual red meat for Trump and his supporters who are convinced by the claim that they are an invading horde, "full of hardened criminals."
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. e# ~! Q( v) [! R"We did not come to rob or kill anyone," Guillermo says. "All we want to do is work and start a new life.", I `6 W# {. ?8 Y: Z a9 ~ s
She has heard of President Trump's threats and his "zero tolerance" policy of family separations. According to unpublished Department of Homeland Security statistics obtained by The Washington Post, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 16,658 family members in September, the highest one-month total on record and an 80 percent jump since "zero tolerance" was suspended in July. Trump has hinted that he might bring it back just as Guillermo, Carlitos, Candy and Guillermo's older son Miner, reach northern Mexico.
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7 x3 V1 h! u0 F+ A"I know about this," she says. "But I have faith in God. He has the final word."$ p5 @: T* J ?+ b* |9 r; V/ k
The migrant trail through Mexico will have people walking through jungles and across deserts, hopping freight trains and dodging brutal gangs.# g" A) J4 L! `+ f6 o( h( U* s; T- {6 b
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The people around Guillermo have been on the road for 10 days and still have over 2,000 miles to go.+ B0 p6 O, c- _" ?) A$ j
The eventual success of the "caravana migrantes" may rest in the hands of politicians in Washington and Mexico City, but no one should doubt the grit and determination shown by Rosalin Guillermo and the Central Americans heading north. |
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