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Question

Who's cleaning up ?

Nov 3, 2018 8:30AM PDT

With the mass exodus from S. America headed towards the N.American border , there must be a massive amount of human waste left behind .

I can't seem to find who is responsible for cleaning this up....

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I suspect that, like the OWS rioters,
Nov 3, 2018 10:06AM PDT

it was left behind for the communities they 'camped' in to clean up after them. I know there are pics out there that are from years ago in another country, but I did find one video (link below) by a local of what was left behind and how the town felt the caravan members were ungrateful for what the town had given them and left the cleanup to the town. https://www.theepochtimes.com/migrant-caravan-leaves-a-trail-of-trash-in-mexico-city_2698954.html https://www.projectrepublictoday.com/2018/10/25/mexican-woman-laments-trash-covered-streets-after-migrant-caravan-passes-through/

I also found another link from Arizona that shows what the illegals leave behind as they cross into the USA leaving it to Arizona to clean it up. https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/illegal-immigration-creating-monster-trash-crisis/

It's so nice to see how appreciative they are when they are shown kindness either by locals as they travel through or even when they finally illegally break into the USA .

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RE:another link from Arizona that shows what the illegals le
Nov 5, 2018 6:52PM PST
another link from Arizona that shows what the illegals leave behind

It looks like they left their clothes behind...were they walking around naked?

Post was last edited on November 5, 2018 6:54 PM PST

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Just like the offer from Mexico
Nov 6, 2018 2:22AM PST

for asylum that was rejected, according to the article, some of the clothes left behind were those that were donated/given to them by locals.....I guess they weren't good enough either. Maybe they figure that if they show up at the border in smelly, weeks old rags, they would have more camera sympathy?

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RE:some of the clothes left behind were those
Nov 6, 2018 4:19AM PST
some of the clothes left behind were those that were donated/given to them by locals

How would you do it?

You decide you are going for a 2,000 mile walk.

You have no automobile and you have to wear/carry all your worldly possessions.

Perhaps you are even lugging a couple of little children and everything a kid needs.

After you've walked 1500 miles, some people give you a change of clothes AND some other clothes(a new change of clothes)...YOU can only carry so much.

Too much stuff to carry...

Would you lug/wear your old dirty clothes or lug/wear your NEW CLEAN clothes?

What I wonder is...Why didn't the people that brought new clothes take the old clothes back with them?

Perhaps they did, and this is what the Americans that donated the clothes did with the old clothes?

I find it odd that the clothes are all in ONE area, do you think they all stripped naked in ONE spot and changed clothes?

Are there any garbage cans in the middle of the dessert?

Exactly where would the recycling depot be in the dessert?

I suppose they could have dug a hole in the sand and buried the clothes.

“The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality estimates that over 2,000 tons of trash are discarded at the Arizona border every year.

Put a trash container at the Arizona border?...At least it's not blowing around in the desert. That problem is solved?

In order to have 2,000 tons of trash left at the border, THEY have to be carrying another 2,000 tons.

Something about the story line stinks...and it's not the picture of the clothes.

OH...here it is

WorldNetDaily (WND) is an American news and opinion website and online news aggregator which has been described as "fringe" and far right[2][3][4][5] as well as politically conservative.[6] The website is known for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories