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Saturday, December 01, 2018

Caravan Organizers Promised Easy U.S. Asylum, Say Departing Migrants

Hundreds of migrants from Central America gathered near the U.S. border in Tijuana are planning to return home. They blame one of the caravan organizers, Pueblos Sin Fronteras, for allegedly misleading them into joining the trek with false promises of easy asylum in the United States. The group denies the accusations.

“[Migrant advocacy group] Pueblos Sin Fronteras told us not to worry, that there was going to be transportation, that Mexico was going to open the gates so that we didn’t have to enter [the U.S.] illegally, via the river,” Ulises López, who came from Honduras, said in a Mexico Daily News article.

“What was offered to the caravan of Honduran migrants was a trap,” Lopez said, adding Pueblo Sin Fronteras “took advantage of us, they used us in a horrific way, what they did to us has no name.”

“When we got here our dreams went to hell,” Lopez said.

The Mexico Daily News article also included a statement from Pueblo Sin Fronteras, which denied the migrants’ charges.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Find out who funded that organization - and publicize it to let all voters know the political intent of the group trying to allow harm to come to our country!

Anonymous said...

Their dreams had already gone to Hell when they took the cheap bait, they just didn't know it.

Anonymous said...

look at it as a soros paid vacation! and valuable lesson! good luck

Anonymous said...

Well America is the place you want to be!

Anonymous said...

We want you here but only if you come the legal way!

Anonymous said...

Coming to the U.S. isn't difficult when it's done legally.