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 […]

Health fears in Tijuana: Caravan migrants treated for HIV, tuberculosis

Health fears in Tijuana: Caravan migrants treated for HIV, tuberculosis

by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2018 Mexican officials are warning of a serious public health threat tied to the 6,000 migrants currently camped in the border city of Tijuana. The Tijuana Health Department told Fox News that more than 2,200 of the caravan migrants are currently being treated for infectious diseases which include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, […]

‘We need a wall’: Chopper landing mats from Vietnam War no match for migrant invaders

‘We need a wall’: Chopper landing mats from Vietnam War no match for migrant invaders

by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2018 The ability of migrants to quickly tear through fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana and San Diego is proof that a border wall is needed, U.S. Border Patrol officials say. “Without a doubt we could use a wall in an area like that,” Brian Hastings, deputy chief of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sources: U.S. military border prep sparks narco-gang anger at the ‘caravan’

Sources: U.S. military border prep sparks narco-gang anger at the ‘caravan’

by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2018 A Mexican drug cartel blames the migrant caravan for slowing its smuggling operations amid the U.S. military deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border, sources said. Todd Bensman, of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), reported on Nov. 19 that the U.S. military presence at the border is curbing drug trafficking […]