10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 A migrant caravan, which started with 90 people from El Salvador the last week of March, has swelled to some 10,000 people hoping to reach the U.S. southern border. Mexico’s Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero dubbed it “caravana madre” – the “mother of all caravans.” Reports from media tracking […]

‘Breaking point’: Trump ‘not playing games’, cuts aid to caravans’ source nations

‘Breaking point’: Trump ‘not playing games’, cuts aid to caravans’ source nations

by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2019 President Donald Trump says he could close the southern border in the coming days as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials saying they were on pace to apprehend more than 100,000 immigrants at the border in March. The president tweeted on March 29: “If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL […]

Blackmail at the border: Give us $50,000 each and we’ll go home, migrants demand

Blackmail at the border: Give us $50,000 each and we’ll go home, migrants demand

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2018 Caravan migrants at the U.S. southern border have a proposal for President Donald Trump – give them each 50 grand and they’ll go back to their countries of origin. The blackmail attempt was in a list of demands reportedly sent to the U.S. consulate in Tijuana. Washington Times columnist […]

Trump delivers ultimatum as thousands of additional migrants head for border

Trump delivers ultimatum as thousands of additional migrants head for border

by WorldTribune Staff, November 26, 2018 President Donald Trump warned the U.S. could “close the border permanently if need be” amid reports that several thousand additional migrants are headed toward the southern border. On Nov. 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection fired tear gas to stop several hundred migrants already there who rushed the border […]

A new caravan of 10,000 migrants said headed to southern border

A new caravan of 10,000 migrants said headed to southern border

by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2018 As residents of the Mexican border city of Tijuana grow increasingly bitter toward the caravan of migrants currently parked in their city, some 10,000 more migrants are said to be making their way to the U.S.’s southern border. Between 8,500 and 10,500 migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras […]

Report: President Trump plans new ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum-seekers

Report: President Trump plans new ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum-seekers

by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2018 Under a new Trump administration policy, migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border who are seeking asylum in the United States would be required to wait in Mexico as their requests are processed, a report said. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos indicate asylum seekers would have to establish a “reasonable […]

Mounting crisis on the border exacerbated by judge’s ruling

Mounting crisis on the border exacerbated by judge’s ruling

by WorldTribune Staff, November 21, 2018 A judge’s decision on Nov. 20 to temporarily block the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants at the U.S.’s southern border will make a bad situation worse, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents say. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar of San Francisco ruled that President Donald Trump […]

‘Nothing can shake you’: Mattis fortifies troops on the border, clarifies their role

‘Nothing can shake you’: Mattis fortifies troops on the border, clarifies their role

by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2018 Speaking to troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Nov. 14 said that “in the Army, we don’t care if you’re male or female, we don’t care where you go to church or if you go to church. “We just care when there’s trouble […]

Filmmaker embedded in migrant caravan exposes false media narrative

Filmmaker embedded in migrant caravan exposes false media narrative

by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2018 A filmmaker destroyed the corporate media’s narrative of the migrant caravan that is heading for the U.S.-Mexico border, finding the group of migrants is mostly male and highly organized. The media has constructed a narrative that the caravan is a spontaneous event which includes thousands of women and children. […]

Military building tent city on southern border: Trump says executive order coming

Military building tent city on southern border: Trump says executive order coming

by WorldTribune Staff, November 2, 2018 The United States has already begun building tent cities to house migrants from the caravan approaching the southern border, President Donald Trump said on Nov. 1. Trump also said he will issue an executive order “next week” to end the catch and release immigration policy, adding that it is authorized by […]