Gulp.
Panama’s foreign minister Erika Mouynes is warning anyone who will listen that the border crisis is far from over and that “as many as 60,000 migrants — mostly Haitian — [are] poised to make their way north” through Mexico:
Panama’s foreign minister Erika Mouynes tells @StefWKight there are as many as 60,000 migrants — mostly Haitian — poised to make their way north to the U.S.-Mexico border https://t.co/zN0frbHmhz
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) September 30, 2021
She also said she attempted to warn the Biden administration of this but they wouldn’t listen.
Panama “sounded the alarm when we should have” and “we’ve engaged with every single authority that we can think of, that we can come across”:
Mouynes also said she was frustrated the Biden administration seemed caught off guard by the Haitian migrant crisis because "we sounded the alarm when we should have."
“We've engaged with every single authority that we can think of, that we can come across,” she said
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) September 30, 2021
El Pais is reporting at least 20,000 Haitian migrants right now on the Colombia/Panama border:
20,000 Haitian migrants crowd #Colombia frontier town in preparation for perilous journey across Darien Gap to #Panama https://t.co/Gr6bXilMBe #haiti #necoclí
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) September 30, 2021
But it’s not surprising that team Biden didn’t listen to Panama as they also didn’t listen to warnings from the Trump administration during the transition:
The professionals told this administration during transition (in over 100 meetings, literally) that their open border policies would create the crisis it did… and now those same professionals are warning the @JoeBiden administration what will happen w/o Covid-protections. https://t.co/YoDa9mq2qd
— Ken Cuccinelli (@KenCuccinelli) September 30, 2021
Answer: No, they will not listen:
Will they listen this time?
What do you think?
— Ken Cuccinelli (@KenCuccinelli) September 30, 2021
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