From the BBC - it seems the caravan migrants have missed their bus.
Thousands of migrants from Central America heading for the US-Mexico border have had an offer of free bus transport to Mexico City withdrawn.
The governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz, Miguel Angel Yunes, said on Friday buses would be provided to carry migrants to the nation's capital.
However, Mr Yunes cancelled the offer just hours later, blaming a water shortage in the city for his decision.
The caravan, now some 5,000 people, set off from Honduras several weeks ago.
They say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
It has been obvious from the beginning that this caravan is likely to be a stunt timed to have a political impact on the US mid-term elections. The logistical problems of moving 5,000 people over that distance on foot suggest considerable sums of money and and a considerable degree of foresight and planning would be essential. Food, water, navigation, footwear - the logistical list is a long one.
It is all too transparent and even the BBC has spotted that whatever its underlying purpose or dynamic, the caravan stunt may in the end favour Trump and the Republicans.
The mid-term elections are now just days away and critics have said that Mr Trump has used the threat of illegal immigration to fire up his supporters.
At a campaign rally in Miami on Friday, former President Barack Obama accused Mr Trump of cynical politics and a political stunt over his plans to send troops to the Mexican border.
If it does favour Trump and the Republicans, what conclusion do we draw from that? A complex Democrat stunt which seems likely to backfire or something more subtle engineered by Trump supporters? It's a guess but I'll go for the former.
5 comments:
Yes, I think the former. Democrats and more radical opponents of Trump who hopefully now will be exposed and humiliated. They are actually quite wicked in sending desperate people into a situation without precedent, just to make a political point.
I think America's guiding principle should be this. As the migrants
"say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador."
they should be congratulated on reaching the safe haven of Mexico. Well done, guys!
Back in the mid 1950's on the banks of the Elbe in Germany, those of us on the Western side wondering about all those from the East who were coming over often wondered did they come of their own accord, did they want better jobs or in fact were many of them sent? If so, whose orders, what for and who by.
"Thousands of migrants from Central America heading for the US-Mexico border have had an offer of free bus transport to Mexico City withdrawn."
Just another day on Southern Rail...
The further left they go, the less competent the Democrats seem.
Sam - yes it is a wicked thing to do but that seems to be the nature of modern politics.
Demetrius - there must be some interesting individual stories about that. Some may even have been published so probably worth checking.
Scrobs - and round here just recently, although that was planned. Years ago I gave up on commuting to work by train - too unreliable.
James - bound to be so I suppose. The extremes are extreme because they don't work.
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