U.S. Border Patrol reported Saturday that it had apprehended several individuals “associated with the Central American Caravan” who were trying to cross illegally into the country.
While many members of the group reportedly planned to apply for asylum at the San Ysidro point of entry on Sunday, others had tried to enter the U.S. “by climbing over the dilapidated scrap metal border fence” on Friday and Saturday, according to a statement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief Patrol Agent Rodney S. Scott.
“In several of these incidents, children as young as 4-years-old, and in one case a pregnant female, were detected entering the United States illegally through a dark, treacherous canyon that is notorious for human and drug smuggling,” Scott said.
He continued with a warning (original emphasis): Entering the United States at any place other than an official Port of Entry is illegal...
To anyone that is associated with this caravan, Think Before You Act. If anyone has encouraged you to illegally enter the United States, or make any false statements to U.S. government officials, they are giving you bad advice and they are placing you and your family at risk.
We are a very welcoming country but just like your own house, we expect everyone to enter through our front door, and answer questions honestly. On a national level that front door is the Ports of Entry. If you enter the United States at any place other than a Port of Entry it is a crime. You will be arrested and referred for prosecution.
As the Los Angeles Times and other outlets noted, it was not clear what “associated with” the caravan meant, and whether it referred to “people who actually had taken part in the bus trek from Central America, through Mexico, to seek political asylum in the U.S.”
The Times reported that members of the caravan spent Friday and Saturday receiving legal advice and training for how to present themselves to request asylum at the border on Sunday.
(Via: Breitbart)
Blog Author's Comments: They want asylum from their country, but oddly honor their home flag more than the flag of the US. These illegals have come here for one thing, to be taken care of. Food, housing, healthcare, care for their children and whatever else they feel they want. Please remember that a Democrat president not only allowed these illegal aliens into the country, but Obama also shuttled them around on taxpayer money to other illegal alien relatives already in the country.
Obama deliberately overwhelmed the immigration system by allowing this chaos to clog up the courts for the next president. Do we ever want to return a Democrat to the White House, ever? I don’t think so. There comes a time in the United States that those of us who care about our country and its people, finally say enough is enough, stop them now and turn them back to their own country. We do not care what happens to them, they are on their own. We want safe cities and neighborhoods in which to live and have more than enough of our own that we are caring for.
