Massive new caravan of migrants including families with strollers sets off for the US border from southern Mexico to arrive before November's presidential election after Donald Trump vowed to close it

About 3,000 people have begun making their way to the US hours after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House, as they hope to reach the border before the November election, after Donald Trump vowed to close the border down if he wins. Hundreds of migrants, mostly from Central America and Venezuela, set out in a US-bound caravan to escape poverty and violence, on the outskirts of Tapachula, State of Chiapas, Mexico, on Tuesday Tapachula, near the country's southern border with Guatemala, sees hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants passing through each year after they cross the Guatemalan-Mexican border heading towards the United States to escape poverty and violence A migrant walks on an US-bound caravan on the outskirts of Tapachula As they walked, the group shouted phrases like 'yes we can,' while pushing worn-out strollers. A member of the National Guard escorts migrants walking on an US-bound caravan on the outskirts of Tapachula The major migrant caravan is hoping to reach the southern frontier before the November election out of fear that if former President Donald Trump wins, he may close the border Migrants of different nationalities walk along a road in a caravan toward the US As they walked, the group shouted phrases like 'yes we can' Migrants of different nationalities take a break while travelling in a caravan toward the US. The group left Sunday from the southern Mexican town of Ciudad Hidalgo, next to the Suchiate River that borders Guatemala The formation of the new caravan comes at the heels of President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 race for the White House While some migrants said they weren't aware of Biden's announcement, many said they feared that if Trump was elected their situation would become more complicated Migrants stand in line in Tapachula, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico on Monday While Biden's administration cancelled border wall projects, in 2022 it announced that it would fill four wide gaps in Arizona near Yuma, an area with some of the highest influx of illegal crossings. Ahead of this year's election, Trump has pledged to 'immediately stop the invasion of our southern border' and end illegal immigration Trump visits the 450th mile of the new border wall and speaks with US Border and Customs officials and officers in 2021, near the Texas Mexico border The Biden administration has been criticised for its failure to implement policies that would quell the number of migrant crossing every day A redacted version of the report claimed failures in the system are making it easier for 'dangerous' non-citizens to get into the country.