Thousands of mostly Southern and Central American migrants are heading to the U.S. southern border, forming a massive caravan.
According to reports, officials estimate that the caravan is about 8,000 people.
Local authorities estimated the size of a caravan of migrants, heading to the US border, to average about 8,000 people per day. A @Reuters witness traveling with the group said most migrants were from Central and South America but also the Caribbean https://t.co/Ov1gyAQnPo pic.twitter.com/szeR6CitDN
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 25, 2023
The people in the front of the caravan are carrying a sign that says, “Exodus from poverty.”
According to the Associated Press, the caravan left the Mexican city of Tapachula on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas night sleeping on cardboard and plastic, tents, and some on the bare ground.
“Those of us looking for a new dream, those of us that want to work, those of us who want to move forward in life,” said Jonás Sosa, a Venezuelan migrant traveling with the caravan.
This massive caravan is currently on its way to invading the U.S. border.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 24, 2023
We've become so numb to the invasion that most of you will likely scroll past this video and forget about it.
That is exactly what the regime wants.
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Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that any migrants trying to enter without authorization are subject to expulsion.
"We are aware of recent reports of a migrant caravan that has materialized in Southern Mexico, as we do several times per year," the agency said. "These reported caravans generally travel very slowly and often splinter before they make progress moving northbound towards the Southwest Border. Nevertheless, CBP will continue to monitor developments in coordination with our foreign and interagency counterparts as we have with previous movements of migrants."
Mexican National Guard officers did not stop or make arrests of the caravan. Previously, Mexican officials have said that these groups disperse naturally.
The caravan movement comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Officials and U.S. leaders are expected to discuss “unprecedented irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere and identify ways Mexico and the United States will address border security challenges,” according to a State Department statement.
García Villagrán, however, told reporters that he isn’t hopeful about the meeting and said it “will be between fools and fools, who want to use women and children as trading pieces.”
“We are not trading pieces for any politician,” he said.
ABC News reported that in December, as many as 10,000 migrants were arrested daily at the southwest U.S. border.
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Amanda Casanova is a writer living in Dallas, Texas. She has covered news for ChristianHeadlines.com since 2014. She has also contributed to The Houston Chronicle, U.S. News and World Report and IBelieve.com. She blogs at The Migraine Runner.
