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Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by sgt on Thursday August 08, 2024 @03:02AM (#41188841)
This is crazy and obviously has to be stopped somehow. Can't the US Army be sent down there to patrol the upper border of the jungle, so force the migrants to return?
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by grecy on Thursday August 08, 2024 @03:40AM (#41189055)
Team America policing the world again?
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by tazu on Thursday August 08, 2024 @05:35AM (#41189641)
When did America stop?
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by readthenotes1 on Thursday August 08, 2024 @03:10AM (#41188886)
The current wave of immigrants is welcomed by the current regime in power in the USA.
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by altacc on Thursday August 08, 2024 @03:27AM (#41188984)
What nonsense! Title 42 is still in place and as much as the GOP likes to paint Democrats as immigration loving there were more deportations under Obama & Biden than Trump. Perhaps look past the political soundbites and more at the numbers and the immense complexity of the situation.
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by faku312 on Thursday August 08, 2024 @04:50AM (#41189413)
You mean to say there were more deportations in 12 years than in 4 years?
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by lazide on Thursday August 08, 2024 @04:53AM (#41189424)
It’s been pretty common over the last decade for actual on-the-ground reality for each administrations policies to be the opposite of their perceived positions.

For instance, Obama’s admin was far more pro-gun (in actuality) than Trumps.

Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by readthenotes1 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:40AM (#41235929)
It is worth looking at the numbers. There's a good article from the LA times during the Obama years debunking his deportation numbers. Iirc, he included everybody sent back from the border as a deportation, which did not used to be the case.

It may be true that there are more people stopped at the border than during the trump years as well at the same time it being true that there are 5 to 10 million more illegal immigrants inside the US than in jan 2021.

Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by altacc on Thursday August 08, 2024 @04:23AM (#41189298)
They would just find another route. They’re already contending with cartels, bandits, profiteers, deadly terrain and the Panamanian army. The US army would be the least of the their worries. They’re not doing this journey easy, they’re doing it because they’re desperate and the limited rewards of reaching their goal are worth the great risk.
Re:What I Saw in the Darién Gap by advisedwang on Thursday August 08, 2024 @12:02PM (#41192955)
This is worse jungle than Vietnam, just as a reference point for how well the US Army might be able to control the territory.