Migrants Are Falling Prey To Social Media Misinformation About U.S.-Mexico Border



Many asylum seekers are falling prey to misinformation spreading on social media including claims the U.S-Mexico border is open. NBC News’ Guad Venegas is at the Guatemala-Mexico border speaking with migrants about how false information is pushing families to make the dangerous journey north.

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19 comments

  1. Not false. I can name 35 out of 35 successful hoppers. Many just released.

  2. inmigrants who attend to their court after passing the border and actually go to court and are willing to get an id. those people should be helped with paper or permit

  3. Parasite-an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.

  4. In the past one could not just simply walk into the territory of foreign tribes without running the risk of being killed kidnapped or worse…

  5. So, they have world wide access via those cellphones but they claim misinformation. I'll never go for this even on my dumbest day 🤣 🤣

  6. Close the border now !!, build more walls!!, We're spending billions of dollars we cant afford protecting other countries borders while ours is in great despair.The majority of Americans Disapprove of this administration "the radical lefts" open border policy.We the people, (true Americans) are being silently replaced by thousands per day of uneducated, unemployed free loading scum of the earth.WE WILL NOT BE REPLACED

  7. "let me take my babies and threaten Americans for endangering the lives of babies" If you send me back, my babies will die, and you murder my kids. GOOD-HEARTED MOTHER I AM SURE.

  8. //an unwelcome intruder

  9. Am I supposed to feel bad? They had wrong intentions and got what they asked for

  10. Not exactly sure why they think that they're entitled to cross borders without any legal right to do so. Protesting because there are borders and they're not allowed to just waltz in? Yes, we have borders for a reason and if you want to live in the United States then find a sponsor, get a visa, and complete all the necessary paperwork like everyone else has to do when they want to become an ex-pat.

  11. They are guided only by information from social networks that are often manipulated by organized crime to make them believe that the border is open, in this way they obtain benefits from them (they charge you more than 10,000 dollars to cross the border), for migrants to start the processing for legal immigration can be very difficult, so they opt for the illegal route.

  12. The Cartel is making some much money human smuggling then selling drugs. Their also part of the misinformation telling people go to the border to get your papers. Get ready folks it's about to get crazy this summer. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  13. Biden’s cheep fentanyl is killing Americans, democrats transition is working

  14. Each nation and its citizens have responsibility to fix things right.

  15. Millions of homeless in tents on the streets and all democrats think of is 160 countries invading America, how is ten million illegals going to help American homeless, American homeless should come first , the democrats plan is communist

  16. U.S. border policy dysfunction. American politicians are near worthless. Re: Public Library info. The people at the southern border are usually Amerindians whose ancestry can be traced to 'pre Columbus'. In south American countries, the Spanish have ruled with an iron hand for the last 500 years. Their ancestry can be traced to the Spanish invasion in the 1500s. The many dictators that the U.S. has supported/installed in the countries below the border are also of Spanish ancestry. P.S This historical info is completely absent in history books in the American school system.

  17. Government offices that are in their own country it’s true America is behind this for sure. NATO is just a joke a bs lie!