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Snarkoleptic

(6,017 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 10:43 AM Sunday

Darien Gap migrant trail as experienced by Youtubers - disurbing content warning

I recently watched this and keep thinking about the awful conditions these migrants, many from Venezuela, are trying to escape.
It takes a lot of fear and suffering to shake up a family, some w/ 6 month old children, others with pregnant women, to cross this dangerous jungle in hopes of getting to America.

It's disturbing that conservatives treat these folks with such sneering contempt, when they're fleeing economic devastation and gang violence.

Video starts after they were detained/deported by Panamanian officials, so the youtubers make a second attempt.
Spoiler alert- After the journey,most of the migrants get locked up in a Panamanian immigration camp, awaiting deportation.

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As a chaser, here's the video where they illegally board "The Beast" migrant train.
Families with small children riding atop a freight train though the cold Mexican desert.
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It's astonishing how poorly we treat these folks.
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