# Who is organizing/supporting the "caravan"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-organizing-supporting-the-caravan/823326 "2018-10-22T12:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-organizing-supporting-the-caravan/823326/66 "2018-10-23T17:35:52Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > We know what the Republican stance will in all likelihood be - don’t let them in Not all of them, anyway: > [@Fall 2018 Central America migrant caravan to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2018-central-america-migrant-caravan-to-the-us/823313/58): > > "[The President’s] approach to this issue is not helpful. We have very little foreign aid going, and the aid we do have helps them with law enforcement, drug interdiction, and with programs to help that population stay there. Cutting those programs indiscriminately, those benefit us as well, and so that needs to be thoughtfully done. > > “These, for the most part, overwhelmingly, are people who are either fleeing violence or looking for a better life. We have programs for some of them — asylum programs… obviously we can’t accept everyone. We have to have border security, but it needs to be done in a thoughtful manner.” - Sen. Jeff Flake (R - AZ) > > [cite 1](https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/jeff-flake-pushes-back-on-trumps-caravan-tweets) > [cite 2](https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/trump-tells-central-american-countries-of-aid-cuts-over-migrants#gs.C=TrLs8) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-organizing-supporting-the-caravan/823326)._