From One Caravan to Another
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Mary Harris is joined by Vox’s Dara Lind to discuss how the latest caravan from Honduras is shining a light on the danger and red tape facing asylum seekers. Plus, what else did you miss today?
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| 0:00.0 | Right now, a group of hundreds of migrants is making its way from Honduras through Guatemala towards the United States. |
| 0:11.0 | They're traveling on foot, putting miles between themselves and a country that's become especially dangerous. |
| 0:17.0 | It has one of the highest murder rates in the world. |
| 0:19.0 | Well, John, this is a caravan made up of mothers and children, family, all saying that they are escaping violence and poverty. |
| 0:27.2 | When I talk about violence, John, I'm just on this march are leaving behind difficult lives for sure. |
| 0:31.8 | But this event, it feels political, too. |
| 0:35.5 | Journalists are invited along. |
| 0:37.1 | They're tweeting out messages from the road. |
| 0:39.3 | Twelve-year-old Mario told a Guatemalan news site he's left his mother behind and he's traveling solo. |
| 0:45.3 | Mario, and you with who you're going to |
| 0:48.3 | solo? |
| 0:50.3 | Solo? |
| 0:51.3 | And why? |
| 0:52.3 | A young woman balancing a toddler on her lap said she's fleeing domestic violence. |
| 0:58.3 | Police couldn't protect her from it. |
| 1:00.5 | When this group walks through a village, they take it over. |
| 1:03.9 | They fill the street. |
| 1:05.2 | Some estimate there are 3,000 people in this group now. |
| 1:12.6 | If they reach the U.S., many of these people seem likely to be asking for the same thing, asylum. |
| 1:18.6 | And the president seems determined to stop them. |
| 1:21.6 | We've been telling you about the latest caravans of migrants packed with up to 3,000 people making its way to the U.S. And by the way, the numbers are growing. President Trump has had it. |
| 1:30.3 | President Trump threatened to cut aid to Honduras this morning, writing, |
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