Illegal immigrant "caravan" may cross into the United States this weekend.

A Central American gets a medical checkup. Reuters. 

An illegal immigrant "caravan" may attempt to cross the American border with Mexico this weekend. Reuters. Hundreds of Central Americans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are gathering in Tijuana and may plan to cross the border soon. The caravan may complicate US-Mexico relations. Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Mexico to stop the flow of migrants from Central America and this has threatened the NAFTA deal.  

My Comment:

Missing from the Reuters report is the fact that the group that organized this caravan, Pueblos Sin Fronteras, is a far left group. Their goal isn't to get these people to safety, if it was they would have stopped in one of the safer places in Mexico. Their goal is to attack the very idea of borders. They are open borders extremists and their ideas are not popular to say the least. I consider this to be a lie of omission from the US media when it comes to covering this story. 

I am rather confused that this story is coming up again. I didn't follow it closely earlier in the month but I remember hearing that the convoy had been broken up due to pressure from the United States. But now it is apparently back? I don't understand why those reports were made when it's pretty obvious that it isn't the case. 

There is still a chance that Mexico could do the right thing here. Obviously making sure that these people don't cross the border would be a good faith gesture towards the United States. Given that these people are breaking Mexico's immigration laws it would be a good thing if they were rounded up and deported before they ever had a chance to cross the America border.

I doubt that will happen though. US-Mexico relations aren't that great and I don't see the Mexican Government risking the wrath of these far left groups. Plus if they do crack down on these people it would become Mexico's problem. If they cross the border with the United States they no longer have to care. 

So what should we do about the migrant caravan when they cross over? Deport them. Deport all of them. None of them deserve to come into the United States, especially if they are teaming up with the far left Pueblos Sin Fronteras. They aren't trying to find a better life, they are trying to make a political statement, and a odious and terrible one at that. They should not be let in. 

Why? Because it isn't fair. I won't deny that the countries that they are coming from are terrible, and that Mexico isn't much better, but that doesn't mean that they deserve to come here. Why should they be allowed to come in illegally when there are so many people here that want to come here the legal way? I'm not sure we should let all of those people in either, but if anything the people that follow the rules and try to come here the right way should be let in way before these people are.