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Archive photo · 30 December 2011Mexico Blocks Passage of New Migrant Caravan of About 100 Central Americans
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Mexico blocked passage of a new caravan of about 100 Central American migrants. Days earlier, about 1,000 migrants entered Mexico in a larger caravan.
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Caravan blocked in Chiapas
Mexico blocked the passage of a new migrant caravan of about a hundred Central American migrants aiming to reach the United States, days after another caravan managed to enter Mexican territory, AFP reported from Tapachula. Mexico’s National Guard, Migration, and the Chiapas state police patrolled the road after the migrants crossed the Suchiate border river, and the Central Americans began to run as agents cornered them.
About 40 people were captured, according to reports circulated from Tapachula, and Migration did not respond to AFP’s requests to confirm the detentions. A larger caravan of about 1,000 migrants crossed the border on Sunday evening without resistance and settled in Tapachula to rest before resuming the route, despite the passage remaining practically closed.
Hopes after midterms
César Sandoval, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan who arrived on Sunday, told AFP that his destination was the United States and that he hoped for “another opportunity” after the Democrats’ electoral victory over the Republicans in the November 3 midterm elections. Sandoval added, “We hope you remember that those who gave you the vote to reach the Senate and the House were children of Hispanics, children of Latinos,” before departing with the caravan.
Narciso Aparicio, 73, told Telemundo that “with Congress having changed, the border has to be open,” while he said the caravan members had hope in God that Congress would help them. Kathia Quirós, an immigration lawyer, told Noticias Telemundo that “The border remains super closed and the possibility that undocumented people appear at the border and manage to enter is zero,” and she said border control falls under the White House, with President Donald Trump, not in the Capitol.
What comes next
CNN reported that a migrant caravan of about 2,000 people left Mexico’s city of Tapachula, with some members bound for the US, and some migrants hoped the recent Democratic midterm win would ease US border controls imposed by President Donald Trump. CNN also reported that the US warning remained that its immigration policies have not changed, despite the migrants’ hopes.
Telemundo said there was “no indication that the U.S. border will be reopened,” and it quoted immigration lawyer Kathia Quirós saying it was “not possible for them to be granted entry or work permits.” Telemundo added that Quirós said people in caravans would be detained and processed until they saw an immigration judge, and she said “in the vast majority will end up with a deportation order and will be sent back to their countries.”
