About 1,500 migrants have formed a caravan in southern Mexico and hope to reach the US before President-elect Trump takes office in January, when they are expected to expand under the Biden-Harris administration. Will impose heavy restrictions on illegal crossings.
The caravan, made up of men, women and young children from Central and South America, passed through the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Wednesday, just over the Guatemalan border where thousands of migrants are stranded because they do not have . Further allowed to enter Mexico.
The southernmost point of the U.S. border is at the Matamoros crossing near Brownsville, Texas, and it would take a desperate adult immigrant about 16 days of non-stop walking to get there. It is not clear where the members of this particular caravan intend to pass through.
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Migrants pass through Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clement)
Migrants for caravans because they believe there is safety in numbers because it is difficult or impossible for immigration agents to detain large groups of hundreds of migrants.
Some are hoping to catch rides to help them on their journey, while others will make the arduous journey to the southern border on foot in the sweltering heat.
“It’s going to be more difficult, so we’re going in hopes of an early meeting so that we can have a meeting before he (Trump) takes office,” Utzel Pena, a 23-year-old immigrant from Venezuela, told The Associated Press. can cross.” “That would be easy.”
Trump has promised to seal the southern border because of the unprecedented flow of immigrants into the US over the past three and a half years.
He has also vowed to carry out the largest deportation operation in US history and has appointed hard-line South Dakota Gov. Kristy Nome as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), while Tom Homan is the new “border czar.” will be ”
Additionally, he has also promised to end the Biden administration’s use of parole programs that allow immigrants to enter through expanded “legal pathways.”
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President Trump and then-Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan speak during a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington, DC. Homan has been named the new “border czar” by Trump. (Job Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Numbers at the border have been dropping sharply since June, when President Biden signed a presidential proclamation that sharply limited the number of people coming to the United States.
In September, there were 101,790 encounters at the border, the lowest number since February 2021, and there have been no major signs of a significant increase in numbers since then.
However, while the number is lower than in previous months, there are concerns that the change in administration could lead to an increase at the border as immigrants enter the U.S. before a perceived tougher administration takes office. Let’s try.
This year, to prevent people from congregating at the U.S. southern border to claim asylum, the federal government expanded the areas where immigrants can apply for an appointment to enter the U.S. through the CBP One cellphone app. can
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Migrants walk through Tapachula in Mexico on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clement)
Initially, the app was only available to migrants from northern and central Mexico, but officials changed it to include those arriving at the southern border.
By expanding the app as far south as Tapachula, officials hoped it would help curb rush hour north. But some immigrants still want to live close to the border so that if they get one of the preferred placements, they can get there quickly and not risk losing it.
“They’re determined to get it into America one way or another because they’ve sold everything, back to them,” Auden Cabello, a freelance journalist who has covered the border crisis extensively, told Fox News Digital. There’s nothing to go to.” last week
Fox News’ Adam Shaw, Michael Lee and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
