Lawmaker Insists Migrants Aren’t Fleeing Dangers

Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) said that “most immigrants from Central America who are crossing illegally into the United States are driven by economic reasons, not fear of physical danger in their homeland,” the Sante Fe New Mexican reports.

However, Pearce said “he and the rest of the House delegation that visited Honduras and Guatemala did not venture from their hotel very often because of the dangers…”