GOP congressman finds Honduras too scary to leave his hotel ...

[Cigar]

... but perfectly fine to send kids back tohttp://upload.democraticunderground.com/imgs/2014/140718-steve-pearce-visits-honduras-says-migrant-kids-arent-fleeing-from-danger.jpg


Congressman Steve Pearce said Wednesday that most immigrants from Central America who are crossing illegally into the United States are driven by economic reasons, not fear of physical danger in their homeland.

Pearce said he and the rest of the House delegation that visited Honduras and Guatemala did not venture from their hotel very often because of the dangers, but the message they received in both countries was consistent: "Send back our children."

So to recap: Tegucigalpa is too dangerous for grown members of Congress to leave their downtown hotel rooms, but a perfectly fine place to send an eight-year-old kid. (According to a press release, the congressional delegation did leave their hotel to visit an outreach center funded by the US government. They also met with the president and first lady of Honduras.) Meanwhile, not content with the results of Pearce's investigation, a rival Congressional delegation, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), is en route to Central America now. We'll see if they find it safe enough to walk around.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/steve-pearce-honduras-safe …

[The Sage of Main Street]

... but perfectly fine to send kids back to

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Congressman Steve Pearce said Wednesday that most immigrants from Central America who are crossing illegally into the United States are driven by economic reasons, not fear of physical danger in their homeland.

Pearce said he and the rest of the House delegation that visited Honduras and Guatemala did not venture from their hotel very often because of the dangers, but the message they received in both countries was consistent: "Send back our children."

So to recap: Tegucigalpa is too dangerous for grown members of Congress to leave their downtown hotel rooms, but a perfectly fine place to send an eight-year-old kid. (According to a press release, the congressional delegation did leave their hotel to visit an outreach center funded by the US government. They also met with the president and first lady of Honduras.) Meanwhile, not content with the results of Pearce's investigation, a rival Congressional delegation, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), is en route to Central America now. We'll see if they find it safe enough to walk around.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/steve-pearce-honduras-safe … It's in their Indian genes to offer themselves up to their rulers for human sacrifice. They collaborate in their own oppression, which is why our endangered ruling class wants them in the formerly United States.

[Matty]

Makes sense, send the savages up here.

[GrassrootsConservative]

Their parents were dumb enough to have kids. Why can't they take care of them?

[texan]

The liberal way? Never say no.

[Cigar]

The liberal way? Don't Lose :laugh:

[Mainecoons]

Honduras wasn't our problem until Obama made it so. They were Mexico's problem. The Mexican government has to be loving this.

[Matty]

Honduras wasn't our problem until Obama made it so. They were Mexico's problem. The Mexican government has to be loving this.
They aided and abetted it. Mexico is not a US ally.

[keymanjim]

He probably feels the same way about certain parts of Chicago.

[Common Sense]

Gee, I guess the US sending troops and sponsoring juntas and death squads in Honduras for well over a 100 years now has had no effect on the country.

Tack onto that the drug war, US cocaine consumption, deposing legitimately elected governments...golly no, the US has no hand in the current situation. It's just because they're "savages"!

[Professor Peabody]

4:21 pm

Wed July 16, 2014

Pearce Discusses Trip To Central America

Pearce and members of a working group established by House Speaker John Boehner traveled to Guatemala and Honduras over the weekend to talk with both countries about the immigration crisis that has engulfed the U.S. border.

Pearce told reporters Wednesday that both countries said they wanted their children returned.


And while no one in either country downplayed the violence there, he said residents the delegation spoke with were more concerned about their economic situations.

http://krwg.org/post/pearce-discusses-trip-central-america

The real story.

[Peter1469]

Send those kids home now.

[The Sage of Main Street]

Makes sense, send the savages up here. They're "hard workers," and will accept whatever the Plutes feel like paying them.