Reporting from a migrant caravan in Mexico, Oscar Ramirez spoke with a shirtless man with two large rifle tattoos across his upper chest. After their exchange in Spanish, Ramirez explained that some people in the caravan had already been deported—and were hoping to return to the United States following Democrat election victories.
Listen to the music in the background. These migrant caravans have live music and food served at their stops. But a festive atmosphere does not erase the dangers of human smuggling and trafficking. A live band and a free meal do not make any of this acceptable!
According to Ramirez, relatives and friends in the United States have been encouraging the belief that Democrat victories could help them enter:
“This is a reality. There’s a lot of deported people that they just recently been caught by ICE, and they will return to Honduras and some of them to Guatemala. And they are on this caravan and they wanna return back because they have been told all the way from the United States and from their family members or friends that because Democrats won, there is a large possibility of them entering the United States of America.”
Ramirez said he explained the situation to the migrant, but the man remained determined to continue:
“I just told them the situation which is happening, and he just acknowledged, and he said I’m still going.”
He also criticized media outlets for minimizing the caravan because of its size and distance from the U.S. border:
“So this is the problem that you create this, and in some networks, in some medias, they’re minimizing this situation, and they don’t know the trickle effect and the domino effect that it can cause.
“They’re minimizing. They’re saying there’s only 2,000 people, and they’re not even gonna reach Mexico. There’s gonna be thousands of miles from the United States.
“It’s not that, you incompetent individual, people are putting their lives at risk thinking that because the Democrats have won, they have a possibility to enter the United States of America. And the trafficking and the illegal activity, it is going to continue.
“So this, it is the problem you need, you guys need to understand the consequences of this current situation which is happening right now.
“This is an aggravated situation, and we cannot, this cannot continue. People putting their lives at risk. And a lot of the media is minimizing this current situation.”
If Democrat victories are being interpreted as an invitation to return after deportation, Democrats should be telling these caravans to turn around. Americans should not have to keep paying to deport the same people. Our immigration laws should mean something regardless of who wins an election—and the media should stop making excuses for people trying to get around them.
We must end human trafficking, human smuggling, child trafficking, and sex trafficking once and for all!
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