Caravans

[Angrboda]

Except that violence isn't rampant in all of central America. So everything that follows that falls apart.

As I pointed out, there are countries there less dangerous than the US.

Work and wages are the only thing that makes America a more attractive option than Costa Rica or Nircaragua.

To me it's amazing to hear people who have never been to any of these countries speak as though they know anything about them.

Except for the fact that the latter part doesn't depend upon that, and the first part doesn't depend upon violence being rampant, only upon conditions being worse in central America than in the U.S. So, your argument still fails. And I still have yet to see a valid argument beyond this as to why they aren't refugees. So, no, you still haven't provided a valid argument.

Additionally, as pointed out in the article quoted earlier, there are reasons for joining and staying with a caravan which don't have to do with the economics or the existence of especially dangerous conditions. Being a part of a caravan becomes something that has its own inertia for reasons having nothing to do with what you've stated. So, on that score, your "there are better alternatives" argument, which doesn't lead to the conclusion that they aren't refugees anyway, simply fails for yet another reason.