(For a fun “reporting” on this picture, see NPR’s coverage, below)

Anticipating a Democrat Congress, the First Migrant Caravan Steps Off

I can’t improve upon PJ Media’s Althea Thorne’s description of these people or what the effects they’ll have, so I’ll just quote from her column:

In anticipation of what it sees as imminent Democrat victory in the midterm elections, the international left is firing up the invasion hordes migrant caravans to cram in as many line-jumpers, leeches, fraudsters, and future birthright Democrat voters as it possibly can.
This new planter parade, no doubt the first of many, stepped off from the Gran Central Metropolitana in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with a modest 400 souls in its ranks. Who knows how much those ranks will swell as the caravan treks across Guatemala and grinds up the 1,500-plus miles through Mexico? It's like watching hurricanes form up in the Atlantic whenever Democrats are in danger of taking power: Uh oh, it's migrant season! Tropical Parade Miguel is forming up in Central America, expected to intensify into a Category 3 Migrant Caravan over Mexico before crashing into the southern border.
… Here come hundreds of billions of dollars in expenses Democrats will force those of us who still contribute to society to pay for — universal pre-K, 13 years of schooling, medical care, food, shelter, and on and on. And of course, all the birthright citizens these women will produce will secure the benefits of the gravy train for the whole family.

La Prensa Honduras covered the vanguard invasion:

Lack of employment, insecurity, and the rising cost of living are some of the reasons that, according to the migrants themselves, led them to once again embark on the journey to the United States.
More than 400 Hondurans, including young people, mothers with their children, and people from different parts of the country, gathered at the Gran Central Metropolitana in San Pedro Sula to begin their journey north.
The travelers arrived from various municipalities hoping to find job opportunities and improve their living conditions. Some indicated that their income was insufficient to cover basic expenses, while others cited insecurity as one of the factors that motivated them to leave Honduras again.
Just a reminder: These eventual "asylum seekers" will pass thousands of miles through two Spanish-speaking countries on their way to our southern border. They are by definition not fleeing persecution; they are looking to sneak into our country or lie to authorities about conditions in their homeland to take advantage of our asylum laws.

NPR, September 21, 2021:

U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw

Images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants along the Rio Grande are "horrific," the White House says.

The migrants were attempting to return to a camp near the international Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, where thousands of migrants have gathered on the U.S. side of the border river. Many of them carried food they'd just bought in Mexico.

But when the migrants attempted to cross the river and return to the U.S. side of the border, agents used their horses to try to turn them back. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the agents have been placed on administrative duties while their actions are being investigated.

The dramatic scene immediately sparked new questions about how a "nation of immigrants" treats people who are desperate for a better life.

The photographer's viewpoint

Video from the scene shows an agent whirling his horse's long reins as he tries to block a man from entering the United States. And in widely seen photographs, an agent lunges nearly out of his saddle to grab a man by the shirt as the man carries bags of food.

"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic, which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje told NPR's Morning Edition.

"The agents tried to block them, and then the one agent grabbed a man by his shirt and then kind of swung them around," said Ratje, who frequently covers border issues. "And I don't know what prompted that."

An illegal tried to run around the horse of one of the men charged with enforcing our border and he was grabbed by his shirt — well, gee, I can tell you what prompted that.