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Asylum from gang violence and opportunity to work are among the reasons cited in an article by Daniele Volpe and Kirk Semple of the New York Times as to why thousands of migrants from central and South America are making their way north.

“We’re traveling to find a better future for my daughters,” said Fanny Rodríguez, who was with her husband, Edil Moscoso, 26, and their two daughters Daily Edith, 2, and Yarice, 9 months old. “We’re not going because we want fancy things.”

She added: “I don’t have to give them luxuries, only what’s necessary — that my daughters don’t lack food, that my daughters don’t lack clothes. Things like that.”

With news of the growing caravan headed through Mexico, President Trump has tweeted about sending the military to the southern border of the United States. He also tweeted about the countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

“We will now begin cutting off, or substantially reducing the massive foreign aid routinely given to them,” Trump said.

This article appears in Oct 18-24, 2018.

6 replies on “Migrants Explain Why They Make The Trek”

  1. There are thousands of immigrants that have made application to come to the US to rejoin spouses or family that wait patiently. This is very unfair to them, and it is wrong to allow, reward and encourage our laws to be broken. It will just multiply the marchers. It seems Mexican now allows illegal entry into their country also.

  2. We can’t change human nature, nor can we dictate the actions of others. They need to get in line like my grandparents did arriving from Europe. It’s impossible for the US to take in every person who is in fear of their lives. No one would be left in their own country.

  3. There are likely 1 or 2 billion very poor people who would move to the U.S. tomorrow if they could. By this logic we should immediately let them.

  4. It appears that the goal of some is to support the world. Is this the purpose of the US government?

  6. Anyone notice the irony that they had to bust through the fence Mexico built on its southern border to keep illegal immigrants from Central America out of Mexico?

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