A caravan of roughly 2,000 migrants is headed to the United States border from the southern end of Mexico just weeks ahead of the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
The caravan, which includes migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, and even Africa, left Tapachula, a city on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, on Sunday.
Some migrants appear to be making the journey to the United States now out of a concern that the Biden-Harris administration could be ousted in November, resulting in tighter border security measures.
“That is what makes us fearful,” Venezuelan national Joel Zambrano said, referencing the possibility that a new administration could enact policies to stem the flow of mass migration to the United States. “They say this could change because they could both close the CBP One appointment and all the…
