Migrant caravans

A Mexican minister claimed that the 'mother of all caravans,' with 20,000 migrants, is currently organizing for its trek to the United States. Trump is threatening Mexico that if they don't stop the caravan, he will close the southern border.

The Central American migrant caravans may seem like old news, but the narratives offered by the mainstream media clashed with reality sharply one week ago when a particular caravan found itself stopped at the US border in the Mexican city of Tijuana.

President Trump moved the ball of perception about stopping illegal immigration in a most notable fashion. On November 22, Thanksgiving Day, the American president was interviewed after his holiday phone call to the military, and discussed the authorization of the use of lethal force against immigrants in the caravans who try to forcibly enter the United States’ territory (points of emphasis added):