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Dem-run cities thrown into desperation as migrant influx strains winter housing

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  1. obgator

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    Don’t worry. Nobody is sending them to Oklahoma, they’ve already suffered enough.
     
  2. Gatoragman

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    Be honest now, please. Do those folk's appearance make you believe they just walked 1000 miles to the border?
     
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    How do you think they got there? Star Trek transporter? Maybe they had money for a ride for some of the journey? Some might. Many don't.
     
  4. Gatoragman

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    Don't be so obtuse. You rail on and on about how difficult the journey for these people is that a wall is no obstacle after this long and treacherous journey. Yet, we hear nothing of how many lost lives on this 1000-mile walk. If they are in such bad shape in their own country, how can they afford to make this journey in a bus? You say many don't, all you have to do is look at them and realize that if they just got done walking for 30 days (33 miles/day) they are not going to look like they do. Be honest, this is concerted effort by someone to move these people out of their country.
     
  5. AzCatFan

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    If there is a concerted effort to move people out of Ecuador, where's the proof? Show it to me, and I promise I'll read whatever you link and take a serious look at it.

    I have no doubt there are coyotes in Mexico, and maybe other C. and S. American countries willing to move people for money. But how much money do desperate people really have? If they had money and living comfortably in their home country, why risk the voyage to the US?

    Last, there are charity groups that work on both sides of the border to ensure the people arriving have food and proper clothing. Looks can be deceiving, and the desert can get real cold this time of the year. Notice, many of the migrants were wearing similar jackets? Very likely from one or more of these groups that work to make sure people survive the trip.
     
  6. Gatoragman

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    The only proof is the amount of people at the border that just finished this 1000-mile treacherous journey that look like they just got off a bus.
     
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    So, zero actual proof. Only your opinion. Got it. You have nothing.
     
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    I'll also add, there are only two highways to get to Sonoyta, which is the Mexican town sharing the border with Lukeville. Mex 8 which runs the to Rocky Point, and Mex 2, which runs into Central Mexico. They meet in the center of Sonoyta about 2 miles from the border, and only the 8 runs into the US. The 2 never does as far as I know.

    I've been to Rocky Point a few times and crossed at Lukeville back into the US. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have a place down there. They go a few times a month. Never have they ever reported a bus load of immigrants arriving at the border, and my bro-in-law is a Trumper.

    That's not to say that busses as never arrived at the border at Lukeville, but to claim there is a coordinated effort and provide no proof? I'm not buying it.
     
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    The wall is no obstacle because every mile there is a break in it.

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