Caravan of migrants swells to 7,000 and stretches more than a mile long as they continue marching towards the U.S. border – but Trump warns full efforts are being made to stop the ‘onslaught of illegal aliens’ source – Daily Mail
I’m sure you’ve heard about this growing threat to the southern U.S. border, which seems to be timed for influencing the mid-term elections. But, nature may have other plans. This graphic from National Hurricane Center shows the path of Willa, and it looks to intersect the path of the migrant march in central Mexico:
BULLETIN Hurricane Willa Intermediate Advisory Number 10A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP242018 1200 PM MDT Mon Oct 22 2018 ...EYE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WILLA MOVING NORTHWARD... ...EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, WIND, AND RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO... SUMMARY OF 1200 PM MDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.4N 107.2W ABOUT 155 MI...250 KM SSW OF LAS ISLAS MARIAS MEXICO ABOUT 120 MI...190 KM SW OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...260 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...925 MB...27.32 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for... * San Blas to Mazatlan, including Las Islas Marias A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for... * Playa Perula to San Blas * North of Mazatlan to Bahia Tempehuaya A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within the next 36 hours. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within the next 12 to 24 hours. Interests elsewhere along the coasts of west-central and southwestern mainland Mexico should monitor the progress of Willa. For storm information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by your national meteorological service. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 1200 PM MDT (1800 UTC), the center of Hurricane Willa was located near latitude 19.4 North, longitude 107.2 West. Willa is moving toward the north near 7 mph (11 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue today. Willa is forecast to accelerate toward the north-northeast and move over or very near the Islas Marias early Tuesday and make landfall along the southwestern coast of mainland Mexico in the hurricane warning area Tuesday afternoon or evening. Maximum sustained winds are near 160 mph (260 km/h) with higher gusts. Willa is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some strengthening is still possible today. Slight weakening is forecast to begin on Tuesday, but Willa is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the coast of Mexico. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft that was en route to Willa experienced a safety issue before entering the storm and had to return to base. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 925 mb (27.32 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE: An extremely dangerous storm surge is likely along portions of the coast of southwestern Mexico by Tuesday or Tuesday night, especially near and to the south of where the center of Willa makes landfall. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. RAINFALL: Willa is expected to produce storm total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, with local amounts to 18 inches, across portions of western Jalisco, western Nayarit, and southern Sinaloa in Mexico. This rainfall will cause life-threatening flash flooding and landslides. Farther inland, Willa is expected to produce rainfall amount of 2 to 4 inches across portions of Zacateca, Durango, southeast Chihuahua, and Coahuila in Mexico, with local amounts to 6 inches possible. This rainfall could cause life-threatening flash flooding. WIND: Hurricane conditions are expected within the hurricane warning area beginning Tuesday afternoon, with tropical storm conditions expected by Tuesday morning. Tropical storm conditions are expected within the tropical storm warning areas by tonight and Tuesday. SURF: Large swells generated by Willa will continue to affect portions of the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico during the next few days. Swells should begin to affect portions of the coast of the southern Baja California peninsula later today. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office.
Joe Bastardi makes this point on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/1054446772465078273
my reply:
I was thinking more about Mexico’s weak road infrastructure ahead of them that is in the storm path. You can’t cross bridges that are washed out or roads that are flooded and torn up, even if Soros is busing them there.
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One aspect of our foreign policy is that it is almost always framed with little or no knowledge of our adversaries’ intentions. This is normally excused by a reign of terror that makes it difficult and dangerous to develop human sources in those benighted lands. The fact that we apparently have no information on who is feeding this mob and paying them to walk several thousand miles suggests that the rot in the CIA is much deeper and far reaching than we might have guessed. How difficult would it be to put ten or fifteen vacationers along the path of the march to take pictures of the buses and food trucks that must be working long hours to feed the mob? How difficult would it be to track the financial transactions that pay for these services?
In a functioning constitutional Republic, the intelligence agencies of the government would already know who is paying for this demonstration, and that information would be given to the administration to do with as it thinks best. But in our post-Obama world, it is likely the case that some remote branch of the CIA is a actually a cosponsor, with no interest in exposing the financial interests that created this mob. Mike Pompeo needs to start asking some hard question and demanding answers. And Trump needs to hold Pompeo accountable.
Really? You really think our adversaries wouldn’t be doing the best to obfusticate their intentions? And you really think that a properly functioning republic (not a democracy for democracy=mob rule) knows exactly what their enemies are up to? What are you smoking?
If our CIA can’t figure out who’s paying for the food, shelter, and (later) transportation by rail, then what can they do? I’ve noticed that at some of the Black Lives Matter riots, the press published photos of miles of charter buses that brought the rioters into the city. Each bus had a license plate, and any law enforcement agency could have determined the person paying to bring the rioters into the city by subpoenaing charter companies’ records. That fact that the public blithely presumed that these riots were spontaneous and local says much about their willingness to suspend disbelief. What are you smoking that makes it seem reasonable that 14,000 marchers “fleeing poverty and oppression” can exist without food, water, and shelter for several weeks? When 20,000 were housed in the football stadium in New Orleans following Katerina, the press pretended that their experience was dire and horrible. How is it that 14,000 “children” can be marching for days without sustenance and yet suffer no consequences? How do you hide feeding 14,000 “children”? Something is very wrong if the CIA can’t figure this out.
So how are 7000 “poor” migrants marching a 34 @24 hours a day hike in such a short time? Where is the support and money coming from?
They hop out of buses to walk whenever cameras and news reporters are seen.
More democrat voters, legal or not, to help turn our country into the same type of schist hole as they left. Why don’t they spend all of this energy fixing their home land? All those msm media types need to move to these countries these caravan people are leaving and complain about the government like they’re doing here. See what happens when you have the type of country they are attempting to change ours into.
The train route which is what will eventually be used (and allowed by Mexican officials) goes east of the predicted bad weather paralleling the Gulf Coast. It has been the route of previous Soros funded “children’s crusades”.
I agree that we should not take out our frustrations on Americans of Hispanic descent. There are many solid citizens like Ted Cruz who want to see the rule of law prevail. If this is going to be stopped it will be up President Trump to shut down the border. The resulting pain (which will be felt on both sides unfortunately) should persuade Mexico to treat these illegals (into their country) like they normally do rather than pretend they are powerless to do anything to look good in the eyes of the left wing media.
Just like the Media loved the Police versius the Greens in their Rubbia Duckies over the Tasmanian “Gordon below Franklin” Green protest about the proposed Hydro, the USA is now facing a Media eveent as the Troops try to stop this caravan. Expect to see the Mothers holding theore babies aloft. And of course all the USA Bleeding Hearts will be there for the cameras.
Its a invasion and if it suceeeds then expect lots more to come from the overppulated South American countries.
MJE o
President Trump has the constitutional authority to deny entry into the United States to any and all aliens.
I wonder if he will use this authority.
Of course, there will be federal judges who will rule he cannot do that, but they will be overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court because the U.S. Constitution couldn’t be more clear: The president has the authority to deny entry to any alien or group of aliens for any reason he deems sufficient.
If the Republicans retain control of both Houses of Congress then right after the election in November, Congress will be introducing new immigration legislation that will fix the loopholes that now encourage thousands of illegal aliens to come to the United States illegally.
The US government doesn’t know how many illegal aliens are in the country, whether 12 million, 24 million or 36 million. There appear to be about eight million illegal immigrants in the civilian labor force, but that estimate could well be too low.
Trump’s recent estimate of 30 to 34 million illegals is probably high, IMO. However, if the work force figure be accurate, a guess of 24 million becomes plausible, with 2/3 of illegal immigrants either children too young to work, adults on public assistance or engaged in criminal activities, whether violent or not.
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/what-the-media-wont-tell-you-about-illegal-immigration-and-criminal-activity
The sheriff, now retired, of my rural Intermountain West county sued the federal government for the cost of keeping so many illegal aliens in jail.
Agree completely. I feel sorry for the people in this MOB that are being used for a political ideology, which is despicable. Not all of them are innocently being used though. Probably most are complicit.
One-and-one-half feet of rain and 150 mph winds “might” slow down a migrant caravan?
Cat 5 up Mexico, and there will be no roads to drive or walk north on.
Regarding the millions of illegal alians already working in the USA, do what Australia did many years ago Make it a offence to employ a person without them being registered for income tax.
Also illegals here are not entitled to social welfare benifits, they hve to be properly registered before receiving anything, so o f course they do not.
We do have illegals working in Sweeat shops, usually run by their legal fellow countrymen, but they get raided and deported.
Any illegal is in effeect a 5 th coloumest, intent in the long run of taking control of the country. Alloow settlement of millions and some politicians will say it is too big a problem and try to legalise therir status.
MJE
In the US, any person, group of persons, business, organization or local government commits a federal felony when hem she or they:
1) assists an alien whom he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering or assisting him to obtain employment,
2) encourages that alien to remain in the U.S., by referring him to an employer, by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
3) knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime.
Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
http://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/law-against-hiring-or-harboring-illegal-aliens
Businesses hiring illegals are often raided by the feds, but it makes little difference.
yeah well we are still getting waaay many immigrants, not all useful-how we are to house feed and supply water education etc to them when we couldnt /can’t do that for our own?
thanks to krudd,n juLiar
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warned Sunday that the illegal immigrant caravan heading toward the U.S. could be exploited by cartels that control most of the illegal flow of people through Latin America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/21/kirstjen-nielsen-warns-cartels-role-migrant-carava/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
A bonanza for human traffickers. Maybe for terrorists, too. Lots of those in the lawless Triple Frontier area of South America (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay).
Looks very much like the invasion Europe faced a year or so back when Comrade Merkel obligingly opened the door to around a million military age, male, Muslims. I doubt Trump would be that stupid.
The US Navy TC Warning Graphic seems to be predicting wind gusts of around 100 KN at landfall which I gather is around a Saffir-Simpson Category 3?
http://tinypic.com/r/11qn0qu/9
Trump said today that he would send as many troops to the border as needed to stop the caravan. Questionable reports say that he has selected elements of the Active Army, ie the 82nd Airborne (NC) and 1st Armored (TX) Divisions, for this mission.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-vows-to-send-as-many-troops-as-necessary-to-keep-growing-migrant-caravan-out
Numbers are likely to swell even more as the caravan travels north. The would be immigrants say they’re headed for sanctuary state CA rather than AZ or TX. No mention of New Mexico.
Lethal force is not an option. Even water cannon deployed against the women and children sure to be in the first ranks are probably out of the question. End to end armored vehicles might not be, however. Maybe even concertina wire. Hope it doesn’t come to such extremities. But without borders, a nation is not a sovereign state.
Why is it that illegal aliens from south of the border are welcomed by Democrats and even invited to interfere in our elections by participating in political rallies and speaking at the DNC convention, while Russia nationals who come here are hated by Democrats who seek to punish any Republican who so much as talks to them? It seems awfully contradictory and racist to me.
Most of these commenters apparently must never have suffered through a hurricane. Storm surge is the biggest worry. This storm is predicted to have a deadly storm surge. Damage takes forever to repair. Roads and bridges will be washed out, leaving evacuees no way out. No food, water, or shelter will be available.
well thatd be soros problem seeing hes most likely well n truly the instigator.
same as in eu
As previously stated who is financing th is massive operation . ?
Trump must have manpower available to find out. Check on the transport required should make it possible to find out who is paying. This is a “Dry run”for the future, let this one suceeed and it will be repeated. The sheer mass of people is a smugglers dream, far better than the few “Wetbacks” over the river.
But it has also got to be consdereed as a Media exercise, in a attempt to affect the Mid term elections.
As for Mexico, don’t expect any help from them, they are a part of the problem.
MJE
SOROS and the dems are paying for all of this to get elections. there’s your answer
The people in this caravan are being used by forces unknown to fulfil and agenda that has no interest in their ultimate fate. Unfortunately they do not realise this.
Just CLOSE the border completely. No bloody entry means no incentive.
Dead simple folks.
Exactamente!
It’s not a caravan, it’s a mob.
It’s about time Israel chipped in and helped the USA ; nice work on seeding that hurricane, dudes. You are right on time to protect your favorite nation !!
It appears that, as Joe Bastardi predicted, the main effect of Willa so far has been to bathe the marchers, cool them off and soothe their sore feet. To the extent that they have actually walked, as opposed to being bused by their US backers.
Do they realize it gets freezing cold up here in the winter?
This is good news helping to slow down the onslaught of invasionaries!
GOD is in control of everything. Thrump is annointed by GOD to turn America around from GOD’s wrath. Wake up before it is too late. Anyone against Trump is against GOD ! Read
the Bible
God Almighty does work in mysterious ways, just as they brought the plug to the Egyptians when Cheryl tried to smite god Farrell got what he asked for. 01 has to do is understand this caravan of people are being sponsored by communist you or trying to overthrow of this country namely one George Soros is just one and most of them are 90% man young man capable of rape robbery and murder and theft
Who has the most to gain? Donald Trump and the big money machines behind the Republican party. So Donald will stoop to no low to get his wall.