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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMigrants in Tijuana Regret the Caravan: 'I'm Done With the United States'
After being gassed by the U.S. and held in a camp by Mexico, hope is running out for some who left Honduras with dreams of a better life in America.
David Agren
11.28.18 5:11 AM ET
TIJUANA, MexicoAfter fleeing tear gas shot at the U.S. border, Carlos González confessed confusion and second thoughts about the caravan that carried him to doorstep of his dream: life in the United States.
The 40-year-old corn farmer from Honduras, wearing a pink breast cancer awareness hat and an orange work vest, had hopped on the caravan of Central American migrants figuring it would facilitate his entry into the country. It set out from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Oct. 12 and for five weeks he could hope and dreamespecially as the caravan pushed past police barricades and crossed through closed borders in Guatemala and Mexico.
But the U.S. border has proved impossible so far for the more than 7,000 migrants anxiously arriving in Tijuana, where theyre waiting in the squalor of a small baseball stadium-turned-tent city. Its just a stones throw from the border they hope to cross, which many could not imagine would be so difficult.
I thought it would be easy, said González, who traveled north with his wife and two children, ages 4 and 3. He said his family was planning to sign up with Mexican officials for voluntary repatriation.
Were here alone, hungry, unprotected. My daughter is sick with diarrhea, he said from a street by Tijuanas El Chaparral border crossing, where he hoped to make a little money washing cars. I dont want to lose my kids, lose my life.
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Migrants in Tijuana Regret the Caravan: 'I'm Done With the United States' (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2018
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Just what the fascists want to hear.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)2. Why is the US only interviewing 100 refugees a day? It's an
intentional mechanism to make the situation as volatile as possible. With thousands of CBP, army, and ICE officials there, we can only process a 100 people a day?
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)3. don't drink the water
and don't expect dump to care