{"id":544029,"date":"2021-05-28T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544029"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:06:04","slug":"venezuelan-migrant-fleeing-across-u-s-border-slams-americans-who-dont-know-the-reality-of-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelan-migrant-fleeing-across-u-s-border-slams-americans-who-dont-know-the-reality-of-socialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan Migrant Fleeing Across U.S. Border Slams Americans Who \u2018Don\u2019t Know The Reality Of Socialism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvenezuelan-migrant-fleeing-across-u-s-border-slams-americans-who-dont-know-the-reality-of-socialism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176984710.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A migrant crossing the southern U.S. border from Venezuela with just his wife, his daughter, and a backpack said he doesn\u2019t believe supporters of socialism should be in the United States and warned they are ignorant of its catastrophic consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier this week with Jorge Ventura, a reporter with The Daily Caller who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/26\/border-crisis-continues-large-group-of-venezuelan-migrants-crosses-into-texas-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> on the border crisis from Del Rio, Texas, the migrant man said, \u201cI\u2019m sure that the people who say [they support socialism] don\u2019t know the reality of socialism,\u201d according to a translation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/venezuelan-migrant-americans-support-socialism-dont-know-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are the middle class and upper-middle class,\u201d the man further explained, indicating to the other migrants around him. \u201cAnd they\u2019re leaving [Venezuela].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.608450704225\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I asked a Venezuelan migrant on his thoughts on Americans that support socialism,&#8221;They shouldn&#8217;t be in the United States&#8221;  he responds. He says they don&#8217;t know the reality of socialism and thats the reason he left his home country with just his backpack, daughter and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqcUSctYwa\">pic.twitter.com\/sqcUSctYwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1397417221442387968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/26\/border-crisis-continues-large-group-of-venezuelan-migrants-crosses-into-texas-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16.270386266094\">\n<p><em>Between October and March, agents have encountered over 68,000 migrants, four times the number in the same period last year, according to border patrol officals in the Del Rio sector. Border patrol agents in the Del Rio sector apprehended over 90 Venezuelan migrants in just one hour Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The migrant group crossed the Rio Grande River with many children as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dps.texas.gov\/section\/training-operations-tod\/become-texas-state-trooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas State Troopers<\/a> awaited them. The state troopers helped the migrants before <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/department-of-health-and-human-services-xavier-becerra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">processing<\/a> began. Once on U.S. soil, some of the migrants kissed the ground and prayed to the sky. One migrant told the Daily Caller that he was happy to escape the socialism back in his home country that is ruining the lives of middle class citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2229965156794\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas State Trooper helping a migrant mother with her baby after crossing the Rio Grande Valley. A large group of almost 100 Venezuelan migrants have just been apprehended in the Del Rio sector <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bordercrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bordercrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FUcbgIh5cI\">pic.twitter.com\/FUcbgIh5cI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1397347971763777540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ventura also recorded footage of migrants weeping as they reached U.S. soil, some with young children and babies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4489795918367\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Venezuelan migrants kneel and pray as they reach U.S. soil for the first time in Del Rio, Texas. Large group of over 90 migrants crossed through the Rio Grande River <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uzjvWLJNVE\">pic.twitter.com\/uzjvWLJNVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1397356392202260484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The flood of refugees from Venezuela to neighboring South American countries and the U.S. comes as the country\u2019s economic turmoil has plunged 33% of the population below the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/the-world-factbook\/countries\/venezuela\/#economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poverty line<\/a>, according to The World Factbook.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. State Department, \u201c[Venezuelan] President Maduro has used decree powers to pass laws that erode foreign investors\u2019 rights; deepen the state\u2019s role as the primary buyer and marketer of imports; tighten the currency control regime; and empower the GBRV to cap business profits and regulate prices throughout the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike other refugee crises, the Venezuelan one is not the result of conventional war or conflict,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/up-front\/2019\/12\/09\/venezuela-refugee-crisis-to-become-the-largest-and-most-underfunded-in-modern-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brookings Institution<\/a>. \u201cBut the conditions Venezuelans face daily are not much different than those in an active war zone. Since 2013 the Venezuelan economy has contracted by 65 percent, the largest contraction outside of war in 45 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the Venezuelan economic collapse, which preceded international sanctions, stands out because it was not triggered by external forces or internal unrest: It was manufactured by those in power, and thus, was totally avoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-six percent of Democrats look favorably on&nbsp;socialism, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/hilltv\/what-americas-thinking\/516322-poll-democratic-voters-view-socialism-more-favorably-as\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hill-HarrisX poll<\/a> last August. Among Republicans, only 26% approved of socialism, while 48% of independents approved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-the-border-crisis-is-even-worse-than-you-think\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: The Border Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A migrant crossing the southern U.S. border from Venezuela with just his wife, his daughter, and a backpack said he doesn\u2019t believe supporters of socialism should be in the United &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313381,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176984710.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Venezuelan Migrant Fleeing Across U.S. Border Slams Americans Who \u2018Don\u2019t Know The Reality Of Socialism\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1176984710.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Venezuelan Migrant Fleeing Across U.S. Border Slams Americans Who \u2018Don\u2019t Know The Reality Of Socialism\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}