Lora Ries Warns 70,000-Migrant Surges Erode Western Sovereignty as Caravan Crosses Into Mexico
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 29
Lora Ries Warns 70,000-Migrant Surges Erode Western Sovereignty as Caravan Crosses Into Mexico
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 29
Summary
Hundreds in a migrant caravan that left Honduras last week crossed into Mexico on Monday, extending a northbound push toward the U.S. border.
Lora Ries of the Heritage Foundation said such mass migration erodes national sovereignty by stripping countries of control over who enters, for how long, and under what laws.
Ries pointed to Europe’s strain after large inflows—including more than 70,000 migrants entering Spain’s Ceuta in late July—citing stretched resources, ethnic enclaves, and weak assimilation.
Trump amplified that argument at last week’s U.N. General Assembly, saying there is “no human right to illegal immigration,” while DHS says catch-and-release is over and the border is “sealed shut.”
The broader clash pits nationalist border enforcement against U.N.-linked and other international groups that frame orderly migration as beneficial and part of wider development goals.