My theory has always been that they were paid to get to the border, but are not being paid to get home. Hence the demands and failure of so many to depart Tijuana.
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, which 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.”
Source: Migrant group demands Trump either let them in or pay them each $50G to turn around: report
Ooooh! So now it’s about how much the US has ‘stolen from Honduras?’
The US gives Honduras more than $127 million in aid every year. They are the fourth largest aid recipient from the US. Now, who’s stealing from who?
They also derided US ‘interference’ in Central America and demanded the US remove Honduran President Orlando Hernandez from office. So, which is it? Do you want the US to not get involved in Central American affairs or do you want us to remove a president from office?
The $50k they demanded would allow them to return home and ‘start a business.’ You only need a few hundred dollars, maybe a couple of thousand, to start a business in the US. In Honduras, $50k is over 1.2 million lempira. They’d be well-off.
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