New Migrant Caravan Heads Toward U.S. Border

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A new migrant caravan bound for the United States has departed from Honduras, according to photos shared by Reuters. The migrants were seen walking through San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Tuesday, the same day U.S. voters cast their ballots in the midterm elections. Some of the migrants left in anticipation of the so-called ‘blue wave’ that swept across the nation.

Hope and Risk

Jimena Morazán, 47, said, according to one report, that she joined the caravan because she believes President Donald Trump is on his way out in the elections. ‘Here in Honduras, we have nothing left,’ she said.

Beverly Medina, 39, who is traveling with her three-year-old daughter, said, ‘While they’re going through the election process, we’ll be on our way. We have faith that we’ll arrive while they’re busy with that.’

Caravan History and U.S. Response

Migrant Jesús Carías, 30, said he joined the caravan with his family after learning about it on social media. Last month, another migrant caravan left Honduras and crossed into Southern Mexico before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declared that there was ‘absolutely ZERO chance’ the group would gain entry into the United States.

Another migrant caravan formed in September but was quickly broken up by Mexican authorities near the Chiapas-Oaxaca border.

Political Implications

While Trump’s policies at the southern border have largely deterred illegal immigration, there is concern that new Democrat leadership in border states like Texas could open the floodgates. Texas Democrat Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has yet to say whether she would end state cooperation with Border Patrol agents. Hinojosa has said she does not believe local authorities should work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal immigrants.

She also previously opposed a state law that criminalized illegal border crossings.

U.S. Efforts to Block Caravans

The Trump administration has launched an effort to revoke or refuse visas to participants in migrant caravans. Last Thursday, the State Department announced taking such actions against more than 15 people it said were ‘involved in organizing, facilitating, or promoting recent migrant caravans.’

The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, said in an X post Saturday that while the caravans keep forming, they ‘HAVE NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER of entering our country.’

Source: Daily Wire