Another Major Migrant Caravan Is Heading Straight For The U.S. Border
A new migrant caravan has formed in southern Mexico and its members are reportedly aiming to make it to the U.S. border before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
A roughly 1,500-person strong caravan made of mostly Central and South American migrants formed around Tapachula, Mexico several days ago and is making its way north, according to Fox 26 Houston. Fearful that they won’t be able to enter the U.S. under the upcoming administration, many of the migrants have confirmed that they hope to cross the southern border before Trump’s inauguration on Jan 20.
“It is going to be more difficult, that’s why we are going in hopes of getting an appointment quicker so we are able to cross before [Trump] takes office,” said Yotzeli Peña, a 23-year-old Venezuelan national, according to the Associated Press. “That would be easier.”
Peña is far from the first migrant to express a lack of enthusiasm for the president-elect.
Days before the Nov. 5 presidential election, migrants congregating in Tapachula — a city in southern Mexico that has served as a holding station of sorts for incoming migrants — expressed public support for Vice President Kamala Harris and disdain for Trump. (Read more from “Another Major Migrant Caravan Is Heading Straight For The U.S. Border” HERE)
