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Grins

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5. Yes. The problem with our border...

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 01:19 PM

Apr 2021

...is in those countries. It is THERE, not HERE.

Why would anyone up and leave ALL they know and love to WALK a thousand miles while evading bandits the entire way to come to a country that most likely will hound and harass them for years?

There is only one reason that makes sense: Because that is better than what is happening their home countries.

Fix that problem there and our “crisis” here disappears.

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The immigration crisis will continue until we help make Central America livable and it won't happen Karadeniz Apr 2021 #2

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