There’s been a strong and consistent message out of the White House that the thousands making up the migrant caravan should reconsider their plans, and now according to Bloomberg News correspondent Eric Martin, it looks like Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, if offering similar advice.
We’d have to figure out under whose airspace the caravan is currently traveling, but couldn’t we airdrop leaflets so we’d at least know the message was delivered.
THIS JUST IN: Mexican president @EPN calls on those in the migrant caravan who have entered the country illegally to reconsider their plans.
Says they're unlikely to achieve their ultimate aim of getting to the U.S. by breaking the law@cumbrenegocios pic.twitter.com/5cbSwb3gMM
— Eric Martin (@EMPosts) October 22, 2018
Correct. https://t.co/tjUDYHrDgR
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 22, 2018
Again, a valuable message, but is it one the press corps embedded with the army of migrants (yeah, we said “army”) might be willing to pass along? Or are we just going to get attempts at tear-including human interest stories about what these people have chosen to put their children though?
Pres irritated with Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador for not stopping the migrant caravan. "We give them foreign aid, and they did nothing for us," he says. Also says he's "not exactly thrilled" with Mexico, since caravan seems to be moving through it to the US border. pic.twitter.com/EErhPXfM31
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 22, 2018
#CaravanaMigrante: U.S. provided more than $175 million in foreign aid to Honduras in FY 2017, according to @USAID. Guatemala received $249 million; El Salvador $115 million @ToluseO
— Eric Martin (@EMPosts) October 22, 2018
For what it’s worth, President Trump doesn’t think Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador did nothing to stop the caravan, and he’s “not exactly thrilled” with Mexico either. Is Nieto just talking, or is he going to do something? We’re not optimistic.
At least it’s not former president Vicente Fox piping in with another midterm endorsement. Next time someone sees him, ask him why the caravan wouldn’t want to stop and live in Mexico? Why isn’t his wonderful country their destination?
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We doubt CNN reporter meant his photos of migrant caravan to be ‘a walking GOP ad’ https://t.co/M6tQg9qavv
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 21, 2018
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