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Immigrants who were looking to enter the country illegally have turned back after President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, according to a report from Fox News. This comes amidst Trump's actions to secure the southern border as well as pressure Canada and Mexico to police their own borders. According to the outlet, an internal Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) memo indicated that there were two groups of immigrants looking to cross the border illegally that ended their trek to the southern border and turned around to go back to their home countries. A group of 23 immigrants that were...

Just hours before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, a migrant caravan of more than 2,000 people set off from deep in southern Mexico with the aim of crossing into the U.S. The caravan, consisting of men, women, and children from various countries, was seen marching through the southern Mexican city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border in darkness early Monday. The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders. It's at least the tenth-largest caravan to walk out of Tapachula since the...

Even before the US polls opened Tuesday, a vanguard of immigrants at least 5,000 strong set out on a long march from deep southern Mexico to the US southern border. But Trump isn’t waiting. Just a day before the caravans launched and he won his election, Trump threatened massive, debilitating tariffs on Mexican exports if Sheinbaum lets caravans make it to the border before he gets into office. “I’m going to inform [Mexico’s president] on day one or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a...

Migrants are abandoning a caravan headed for the United States because Donald Trump's election win has dashed their "dream of getting out". The caravan, which began earlier this week in southern Mexico, included approximately 3,000 migrants seeking asylum or economic opportunities in the U.S. However, as news of the President Elect's victory reached their phones, many decided to turn back, fearing deportation.Trump has vowed to initiate a mass deportation program during his next term in the White House. "This is the end of my dream of getting out of Cuba," said Felipe, a Cuban migrant who expressed frustration and disappointment...

A new migrant caravan departed Mexico’s southern border in an attempt to reach the U.S. border before the arrival of a new Trump administration. Mexican immigration officials stood by as the caravan departed while police forces escorted them. On Tuesday morning, approximately 2,500 migrants departed from Tapachula, Chiapas, on their way to Mexico City. As in the case of other caravans, once the migrants reach Mexico City, they are expected to disband as they find various ways of quickly reaching the U.S. border, such as commercial flights, passenger buses, or other vehicles. Due to the size of the caravan, Mexican...

A new migrant caravan of approximately 1,000 migrants departed from Mexico’s southern border this weekend to make its way to Mexico City. From there, the group is expected to disperse and find various ways to reach the U.S. border. The caravan is the second to start in Mexico since October 1, when the country’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, took office. The caravan began early Sunday morning in Tapachula, Chiapas, and has been officially named “God is Guiding Us.” The caravan comprises approximately 1,000 migrants from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Haiti, Panamá, and Costa Rica, as well as some migrants from...

Mexican authorities are escorting more than 3,000 migrants who began trekking their way north as part of a new migrant caravan, with each of the participants having the ultimate goal of reaching the U.S. border and requesting asylum or some other form of protected status. The caravan confirmed Breitbart Texas’ exclusive reporting that activists were planning the caravan, which was set to begin on Sunday on the southern border of Mexico with Guatemala. As with prior caravans, members of Mexico’s National Guard and state police forces were on hand escorting the migrants and helping direct traffic as the group walked...

Preparations are underway for a new migrant caravan to depart southern Mexico this weekend. While the caravan targets Mexico City, the ultimate goal of the migrants taking part is the U.S. border, where most are expected to ask for asylum or some other kind of protected status. Intelligence information provided to Breitbart Texas by high-level sources with Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) revealed that the caravan is expected to start at 6 a.m. on Sunday on the banks of the Suchiate River in Chiapas. That river is Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala.

A massive government-funded caravan is moving through Mexico where they will travel by bus to the United States. The Migrant Way of the Cross is currently making its way to the U.S. with more than 2,000 illegal immigrants with the help of government officials and NGOs. The caravan departed from Mexico’s Chiapas southern border carrying an oversized white wooden cross to show the so-called “hardships” illegal immigrants have to face while traveling illegally to the states. As the group made their way through Mexico, Mexican police officers escorted them alongside the road and controlled traffic. The Mexican National Migration Institute...

Thursday night offered the chance to have glam photographer snap you slapping hands with President Biden, or predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, for a donation of a mere $100,000 to Biden’s re-election campaign: Pretty posh for the supposed party of the working class... With tickets ranging up to $500,000 a pop, the campaign reportedly pulled in $25 million before the doors even opened, a nice addition to the $155 million the Biden-Harris effort has in hand, en route to likely raising a billion or two total (not counting soft, dark and other off-the record money). That’s a lot of...

A new, 2,000-person migrant caravan is making its way north to the US border — and is expected to reach El Paso, Texas in just the next few days. Videos posted online show a swarm of people walking through the streets of southern Mexico on Monday. In one clip, an apparent leader of the group could be seen encouraging the group to chant “a la frontera” through a bullhorn — meaning “to the border.” The group then proclaimed in Spanish, “We are not criminals, we are international workers.” Church-run border shelters are now preparing for the group’s arrival, as they...

In response to the current administration’s reckless dereliction of it’s duty to secure our Southern border, Tucker Carlson just dropped a new show promoting the “Take Our Border Back” convoy, which is occurring THIS MONDAY January 29th through Saturday, February 3rd. On his show, Tucker Carlson Uncensored, Tucker interviewed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the convoy organizer Dr. Pete Chambers… Here’s the Take Our Border Back Convoy website, which includes all the details. The convoy will end on Saturday, February 3rd with three rallies in three states (Texas, Arizona, and California). You can find out how to join the...

A migrant caravan numbering thousands of people from Central and South America is making its way through southern Mexico this week en route to the U.S. The caravan, which is estimated to include 8,000 migrants, comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a senior U.S. delegation are meeting with Mexican officials, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to discuss the current migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. On the social media platform X, Blinken said both sides discussed ways to discuss the "irregular migration."

Mexican authorities stood down any efforts to contain a new migrant caravan that embarked this week from the southern part of Mexico. Authorities are currently escorting the groups and providing crowd control. Calling themselves the Poverty Exodus (Exodo de la Pobreza), the caravan, which is made up of more than 6,000 migrants, left the city of Tapachula, Chiapas, on Christmas Eve. The caravan is making its way north. In various parts of the journey, the migrants waved a banner with the caravan’s name and carried a white cross. Members of the group made public claims that their goal was to...

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is set to visit Mexico City Wednesday to discuss the recent surge in illegal immigration as a migrant caravan said to number thousands of people inches toward the border. Blinken, 61, will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador alongside Homeland Security secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas and White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall. Ahead of the meeting, Homeland Security officials have debated ways that Mexico can help lower the numbers at the US’ southern border – including controlling the railways that migrants use to travel north, moving migrants south, and providing...

In addition to the tens of thousands of migrants entering the U.S. without authorization each day now, a huge 8,000-15,000-strong migrant caravan called "Exodus from Poverty" is headed to the states from southern Mexico now. They know full well that the border is open and Joe Biden is going to let them in. According to the New York Post's editorial:An estimated 8,000 people set off on Christmas Eve from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula.Destination: the border that Joe Biden threw wide open and refuses to enforce. Biden will do what he always does, blame Congress. But the failure is...

Christmas Day meant the same as any other day for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents, and Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a bottle of water and a banana handed out by the Catholic church to some of the migrants in the town of Álvaro Obregón, in the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala. Migrants spent Christmas night sleeping on a scrap of cardboard or plastic stretched out under an awning or tent, or the bare ground. Karla Ramírez, a migrant from Honduras who was traveling with...

A caravan of thousands of migrants traveled through Mexico en route to the US border on Sunday, stopping in the southern Mexican town of Alvaro Obregon to spend Christmas Eve. The caravan is estimated to comprise some 6,000 people, including families and young children. It is believed to be the largest since June 2022. The group of migrants mostly hailed from Central American and Caribbean countries. On Sunday, they had walked 15 kilometers (over 9 miles) from Mexico's southern border city of Tapachula. They plan to resume their journey at around 4 a.m. the next day. The caravan casts doubts...

Roughly 5,000 people have joined a caravan in southern Mexico headed for the border with the United States. Mustering in Chiapas, the caravan is the largest such gathering this year, according to the Daily Mail. Its members have reportedly become fed up with lethargic pace of Mexico's own migrant processing system and are opting to take their chances with America instead. The group includes people from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and much of Central America. Caravan leader Irineo Mujica told Real America's Voice on Monday that "the Biden administration has dropped the ball with immigration." "A lot of the countries [that]...