This "invasion" rhetoric is getting out of hand and I'm appalled at the behavior being displayed.
Following is a story that actually came from a Fox News anchor, but I notice they've taken it off their site... I can't imagine why and I certainly wish that more people could see that he's right.
"There is nothing at all to worry about': Fox News host Shep Smith says the migrant caravan hysteria is actually about the midterm election
Shep Smith dismissed hysteria about the migrant caravan making its way north on Fox News Monday. Fox News
Fox News anchor Shep Smith stressed during his show Monday that the migrant caravan travelling through Mexico is nothing to worry about.
The caravan is around two months away from the southern border of the United States, and may not make it there.
In a 30-second clip, Smith said the hysteria stirred up over it is because the midterms are approaching.
His remarks are yet another break between him and the Trump-supporting opinion side of Fox News.
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith broke from his coworkers on the opinion side of the company to stress that the political hysteria about the migrant caravan making its way north through Mexico is nothing to worry about.
"There is no invasion. No one is coming to get you. There is nothing at all to worry about," he said during his show on Monday.
The Trump administration, late-night opinion hosts on Fox News, and Fox News guests have been giving a daily drumbeat of stark warnings about the caravan, often with unfounded claims. On Monday, for example, a Fox News guest said — without evidence — that people travelling on the caravan may have leprosy.
But Smith said that the caravan is at least two months from reaching the southern border of the United States, if they even decided to go there. He said the conversation about it only exists because of the approaching midterm elections on November 6.
"Tomorrow, the migrants, according to Fox News reporting, are almost two months away, if any of them actually come here," he said. "But tomorrow is one week before the midterm election, which is what all of this is about."
Smith reminded his viewers of the caravan that left Central America in April, only to cause a ripple in the national conversation in May.
"When they did this to us — got us all riled up in April, remember? — the result was 14 arrests," he said. "We're America. We can handle it."
Smith has occasionally broken off from his fellow hosts on the opinion side of Fox News, all of whom are staunch supporters of Trump. In June, he said the administration was "lying" about a meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr. And in November 2017, he picked apart a conspiracy theory Fox News host Sean Hannity pushed about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a Russian energy company.
https://www.businessinsider.com/shep-smith-fox-news-caravan-midterm-election-2018-10
The same story can be found here:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fox-news-shepard-smith-debunks-trumps-migrant-caravan-rhetoric-there-is-no-invasion-2018-10-29
and here:
https://thehill.com/media/413732-shep-smith-rips-trump-rhetoric-on-migrant-caravan-there-is-no-invasion-no-one-is-coming
The U.S. Border Patrol this week reportedly told Texas landowners along the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare for a possible influx of "armed civilians" on their property as the migrant caravan moves closer to the U.S., a report said.
The Associated Press reported that these civilians say they intend to support the National Guard and Border Patrol to prevent the illegal migrants from crossing into the U.S.
But some see the move as a negative, arguing that the armed civilians' presence would add even more tension should there be a confrontation.
Three activists told the AP they were going to the border or organizing others, and groups on Facebook have posted warnings about the caravan. One said it was “imperative that we have boots on the ground.” Another wrote: “WAR! SECURE THE BORDER NOW!”
President Trump tweeted on Monday, "This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!"
read more at : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/border-patrol-warns-texas-landowners-about-‘possible-armed-civilians’-in-area-due-to-caravan-report/ar-BBP8OND?ocid=spartanntp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/were-heading-north-migrants-nix-offer-to-stay-in-mexico/ar-BBOXg2g?ocid=spartanntp
It ain't over. This is NOT going to be pretty.
ARRIAGA, Mexico — Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields blocked a Central American caravan from advancing toward the United States on Saturday, after a group of several thousand migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has announced what he called the "You are at home" plan, offering shelter, medical attention, schooling and jobs to Central Americans in Chiapas and Oaxaca states if migrants apply, calling it a first step toward permanent refugee status. Authorities said more than 1,700 had already applied for refugee status.
But a standoff unfolded as federal police officers blocked the highway, saying there was an operation underway to stop the caravan. Thousands of migrants waited to advance, vowing to continue their long trek toward the U.S. border.
But a standoff unfolded as federal police officers blocked the highway, saying there was an operation underway to stop the caravan. Thousands of migrants waited to advance, vowing to continue their long trek toward the U.S. border.
At a meeting brokered by Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, police said they would reopen the highway and only wanted an opportunity for federal authorities to explain the proposal to migrants who had rejected it the previous evening. Migrants countered that the middle of a highway was no place to negotiate and said they wanted to at least arrive safely to Mexico City to discuss the topic with authorities and Mexican lawmakers.
They agreed to relay information back to their respective sides and said they would reconvene.
Orbelina Orellana, a migrant from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, said she and her husband left three children behind and had decided to continue north one way or another.
She was suspicious of the government's proposal and said that some Hondurans who had applied for legal status had already been sent back. Her claims could not be verified, but migrants' representatives in the talks asked the Mexican government to provide a list of anyone who had been forced to return.
The standoff comes after one of the caravan's longest days of walking and hanging from passing trucks on a 60-mile (100 kilometer) journey to the city of Arriaga.
The bulk of the migrants were boisterous Friday evening in their refusal to accept anything less than safe passage to the U.S. border.
"Thank you!" they yelled as they voted to reject the offer in a show of hands. They then added: "No, we're heading north!"
"Our destiny is to get to the border," Orellana said.
It's embarrassing but our role as great humanitarian should probably be more limited. That's just my opinion. It's all so public and sure to be messy and make us look bad. Part of me wonders if that too is not the point.
And I get the biblical look to it, agree.
I heard today that a lot of the people have accepted asylum from Mexico. The caravan is now less than half the size it was a couple of days ago.
I've heard a lot of speculation about the money to sustain the travellers... the locals "could" do it or provisions could be provided by almost anyone. We may never know.
At any rate - as to how I feel about it - I really wouldn't mind if they came and were processed so the ones who "really" qualify for asylum could get it, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be that easy. The administration has decided they aren't going to allow anyone to attain asylum here, so there will only be trouble if the people continue the journey.
I'm embarrassed that we've gotten to this point because the U.S. is supposed to be the great humanitarian country and we're now turning away people who really need a safe place to live.
Who knows, all they would have to do is follow the money. I would like to know is, who is supplying them with rations? I can't imagine how much much it costs, just daily. The locals can't afford to and if they did. it would look like a Biblical plague as they passed through.