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Podcast: At Sea with Justin McRoberts
Episode: @ Sea Podcast 30: Jer Swigart on the âMigrant Caravanâ
Description: On March 25, 2018, women, men and children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador began walking north toward the US border. As weeks passed, their numbers grew⌠and their story began to move toward the stoplight of major American News sources.
Of course, the tint of that spotlight varied in shade depending on its source. For instance, the sitting administration warned of the potential threat this group of people posed should they reach San Diego; even suggesting at one point that there might be âunknown middle easternersâ among the group⌠making it a kind of Trojan horse for a more rec...