On Friday, October 26, the migrants reached Mapastepec, Mexico nearly 1,000 miles away from the U.S.- Mexico border and is estimated to reach the McAllen,Texas border, the closest border to them, in about two weeks. Exhausted by their long journey, many have decided to return home or seek asylum/refugee in Mexico.The Mexican government estimates the caravan has been reduced to about 3,600 migrants from more than 7,000.
Trump has tweeted many things about this situation saying there are “unknown Middle Easterners” mixed in the caravan without specific evidence to back up this claim. He also said he will be cutting off foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador but the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Acts prohibits him because the money is appropriated by Congress.
Trump is also planning to sign an executive order to shut down the southern border and to send an additional 1,000 national guards to the border. Despite all of Trump’s threats the migrants are still willing to suffer through dehydration and hunger to find a better life and escape all the violence and persecution in their Latin countries.
Do you think Trump's plans are appropriate?
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I don't think Trumps plans are appropriate because they will probably lead to more violence. I think that this will cause outrage and chaos and we should be sending resources instead of physically pushing them out.
ReplyDeleteI think he's wasting money and spend out more hates toward humans who are in need of help. They are immigrating from their own homes to lead a better life and yet when they come to one of the best country to ask for help, they're not being treated as human. The president uses the force of national guard--which can be maintain on our tax money--to do unnecessary and bad deed.
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