You can understand that it's not helpful when people are demonized.
Somehow, the people of that caravan and other caravans are not discussed as if they are people. One side presents them as hopeless victims who have no other options besides trying to gain entry to the United States; this makes them feel helpless and desperate. The other side presents them as a menace, which makes them feel misrepresented and angry.
Neither concept of them supports reasonable discussion with them or the idea that they are capable people who might have options that are not as drastic as trying to live in the United States.
They might not know how many years and how much effort it takes to advance financially and socially in another region, no matter where it is. Even if all of those people were granted asylum, it's a lot of culture shock to live in a country where you don't speak the language. Do they realize how many years they'll spend being poor, being dependent, having to work at menial labor, having to live in apartments or other living situations that are nothing like what's depicted on American television, even in portrayals of middle class and working class life? I doubt that they do.
If they settle in Latin America, they can be contributing citizens at a higher level decades before they could have that achievement in the United States.
The media is following up clips of your saying that the military has the right to fire on the caravan if rocks are thrown with clips of babies and young children in that caravan.
Even if the caravan has dangerous adults in it, you shouldn't be afraid to approach it to try to talk them out of violence. You're the leader.
