The Scaravan

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  1. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    R.I.P.
    The Caravan
    10/7/2018 - 11/6/2018
    "We hardly knew thee"
     
    #61     Nov 15, 2018
  2. exGOPer

    exGOPer

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    #63     Nov 16, 2018
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  3. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Isn't love grand?
    More voters! More free healthcare.
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    LGBT couples in migrant caravan 'marry' in mass-wedding on US border

    Seven LGBT couples in the migrant caravan heading for the US have taken part in a mass symbolic wedding.

    As the group hopes and waits for access into America in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, the ceremony was organised so that the couples could demonstrate their commitment to each other.

    In Central America, where the couples are from, LGBT people face discrimination, assault and even murder, just for being themselves.

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    The couples 'married' while they wait and hope to cross into America. Credit: APTN
    Pedro Nehemias Pastor de Leon married his boyfriend in the symbolic wedding, and told how it was a "dream come true" for the pair.

    The migrant from Guatemala continued: "In our countries you don't see this [LGBT weddings] and we always wanted it and today that we have this opportunity we are very happy, really very happy."

    When asked what the couple planned to do next, he added: "To be together, to fight together as we have been doing, facing the problems that will appear, and overall to fight to have a better life, better than the one we had in our countries."

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    Pedro Nehemias Pastor de Leon (right) 'marries' his partner. Credit: APTN
    Last updated Sun 18 Nov 2018
     
    #64     Nov 18, 2018
  4. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Was reading an article on this group. Apparently some LGBT group bused them in because unsurprisingly they were getting no aid whatsoever on their trip. Some fucked up stories of harassment and assault...it's macho country after all.
     
    #65     Nov 18, 2018
  5. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Yeah I'm sure they did. And probably their home country too.
    Sucks for them, but we have to do things legally.
    Their plight is no more desperate than any others legitimately seeking asylum.
    I guess my answer would be "get in line".
     
    #66     Nov 18, 2018
  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    I think that's the point of asylum seeking
     
    #67     Nov 18, 2018
  7. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Exactly. And the line is long.
     
    #68     Nov 18, 2018
  8. Cuddles

    Cuddles



    ethered
     
    #69     Nov 18, 2018
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  9. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    “The Pentagon is set to begin a drawdown of its 5,800 troops from the Southwest border as early as this week, the Army commander overseeing the mission told Politico today — even as the approaching caravan of refugees prompted U.S. customs officers to close a port of entry near Tijuana, Mexico.”

    “All the active-duty troops that President Trump ordered sent to the border before the midterm elections should be home by Christmas.”
     
    #70     Nov 19, 2018