Two groups of Central American migrants marched to the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana on Tuesday with a list of demands, with one group delivering an ultimatum to the Trump administration: either let them in the U.S. or pay them $50,000 each to go home, a report said.
Among other demands were that deportations be halted and that asylum seekers be processed faster and in greater numbers, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The first group of caravan members, that included about 100 migrants, arrived at the consulate around 11 a.m. Alfonso Guerreo Ulloa, an organizer from Honduras, said the $50,000 figure was chosen as a group.
“It may seem like a lot of money to you,” Ulloa told the paper. “But it is a small sum compared to everything the United States has stolen from Honduras.”
He said the money would allow the migrants to return home and start a small business.
A letter from the group criticized U.S. intervention in Central America and asked the U.S. to remove Honduran President Orlando Hernandez from office. They gave the consulate 72 hours to respond.
A letter from the second group of about 50 migrants arrived at the consulate around 1:20 p.m. asking the U.S. to speed up the asylum process and to admit up to 300 asylum seekers each day at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego. Currently, around 40 to 100 are admitted.
“In the meantime, families, women and children who have fled our countries continue to suffer and the civil society of Tijuana continue to be forced to confront this humanitarian crisis, a refugee crisis caused in great part by decades of U.S. intervention in Central America,” the letter states.
(Via: Fox News)
Blog Author's Comments: These people demand? As long as President Trump is in office, they should not even think about it. Now, the Democrat/Socialist Party is a different story. And one that I have not heard before, what exactly has the United States "stolen from Honduras"? This "demand" is just mind numbingly ridiculous and their spokesperson know it.
How bold is this? These illegals want their welfare check without having to go through the correct procedures. They seem to have been taught by our own Democrats. Well, what do you know, suddenly, its all about the money. And that is how you can tell they want to be future Democrats by breaking our laws but wanting money. But, the Democrats, all media outlets, liberal talk show hosts and Hollywood people are again upset with President Trump because he wants a border wall to protect all of us.
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