The caravan of migrants is getting closer to the USA: what the American and Mexican press writes about it

“Caravan” is the most politicized word of the current election season in the United States. The caravan of migrants heading to the American border from Honduras and other poor countries in Central America became the object of close, almost daily attention of all media in the region without exception.

Donald Trump sends thousands of troops to the border, declares that the homeland is in danger, pours out threats and warnings via Twitter against “illegal immigrants,” and his opponents from the Democratic camp accuse the president of racism and inciting hatred and enmity. In the forefront of all these disputes, of course, are conservative and liberal media, writes “Currently,«.

"This is an invasion"

“This is an attempted invasion!” campaign ads launched by Donald Trump warn voters in the United States. So harsh and full of anger that even the media loyal to him refused to broadcast it.

The President warns that a wave of crime is coming to the country with migrants, conservative media support anxiety.

• “They are risking the lives of women and children. They take a hundred or two women, children or disabled people and put them in front of the column. And behind them, I myself saw, men were coming" (Fox News, USA).
• “As the caravan approaches the border, it will break up into small groups that will try to get into the United States” (Fox News, USA).
• “The President promised to send as many troops as needed to stop them” (Fox News, USA).

Warmed up by the media and the Trump campaign, self-defense units are moving to the border. For them, a dangerous horde is approaching the country, from which the States must be defended with weapons in their hands.

"These are people"

On the other side of the border, in the countries of Central and South America, the caravan of migrants is depicted in a completely different way: not as a faceless mass, but as a multitude of people in need of help.

• "Thousands in Search of the American Dream" (NTN24Colombia.
• “Each of these migrants has their own story, a story of suffering” (Imagen noticias, Mexico).
• “My father was killed and I was threatened. So I had to run away" (Imagen noticias, Mexico).
• “They set out even though they knew that their target, the United States, did not want to accept them” (24 hours, Chile).

The whole region is full of sympathy for the caravan: both the countries on the side of its route and Mexico, the last on the way to the United States.

• “In total, there are four caravans of migrants from Central America on the territory of our country” (Excelsior tv, Mexico).
• “Neither fatigue nor threats from US President Donald Trump stop them” (Imagen noticias, Mexico).

In Mexico, people from the caravan are well understood - Mexicans themselves, it happens, are looking for a better life in the North. For the country (and local media), this is a chance to show generosity, and, perhaps, to annoy the neighbors, who are all trying to isolate themselves from Mexico with a fence.

"Is it dangerous"

The liberal media in the United States are watching with anxiety and concern. Unlike conservatives, however, they are not afraid of the fact that migrants will reach the States, but of being stopped by force.

• “Military and construction equipment, rows of barbed wire. A week ago there was a suburban wasteland here, now it is home to at least 300 military personnel" (CBS News, USA).
• "Troops are strengthening the bridge on the border" (NBC News, USA).
• “The Washington Post writes that only about 22% of migrants will reach the border. If this is so, there will be five times fewer migrants than soldiers" (CBS News, USA).

The main hope of liberal media is that Trump’s anti-migrant rhetoric was part of the election campaign, and now the degree of tension will decrease.

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