The “migrant caravan” of Central American refugees and asylum-seekers headed north through Mexico toward the southern border of the United States has become a focus of electioneering rhetoric, national security discourse, and humanitarian concern. Some have suggested, without concrete proof, that this caravan of indigenous people and native Spanish-speakers heading northward has been infiltrated by presumably ill-intentioned people “of Middle-Eastern descent,” something that, they believe, would make this migration especially alarming.  Others argue that these likely asylum-seekers intend to enter the United States “illegally” (though there are legal avenues in place for migrant refugees seeking asylum). I think it’s fair Read more