And it’s more than just the increase in crime and illness, it’s the stink.
The reek of human waste and unwashed bodies so bad that police and others required to deal with the migrants are wearing protective masks – and showering as soon as they can get away from them.
I see reports on this daily on Hispanic television networks.
“Things got out of hand because they kept growing and growing...
But we’re carrying the financial load of keeping these people with medicine, food, shelter, blankets, and whatever. There’s a lot of trash because the 360 grew to 6,200, and that’s when it got out of hand ...
There’s like 1,500 people here, there’s 2,200 people there, and there’s 2,000 people that are not accounted for.”
The situation is overwhelming the town’s mental, physical, and financial resources. And one wonders where the organizers and assistance givers along the route, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, have gone. If you ask Mayor Gastelum, he is quite clear on the fate of the organizers: “This person who say he’s from Pueblo Sin Fronteras, he say that he’s one of the leaders of the caravan, well, why don’t the federal police say, ‘Hey, hey, come over here.’”
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