Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city
3 years, 2 months ago

Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city

Al Jazeera  

Migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the US border, before stopping to rest for the night. More than 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers, mainly Central Americans, began walking out of a city in southern Mexico on Saturday where they have essentially been trapped. The migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the United States border and pushed past a line of state police who were trying to stop them. “There is no work there, so out of necessity I joined this group.” He said he hopes to make it to the northern city of Monterrey to find work, adding “We’ll go on, day by day, to get as far as we can.” Unlike previous marches, the one that started on Saturday from Tapachula did not include as many Haitian migrants, thousands of whom reached the US border around Del Rio, Texas in September.

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How Mexico is trying to avoid a migrant crisis under Trump
6 days, 15 hours ago

How Mexico is trying to avoid a migrant crisis under Trump

Raw Story  

Mexico is scrambling to prevent a crisis at its border with the United States ahead of another Donald Trump presidency during which he has vowed mass deportations. A rush to the border by migrants trying to enter the United States before the start of Trump's second term predicted by some activists has failed to materialize. - Negotiation - AFP Venezuelan …

Activists say Mexican authorities have broken up 2 migrant caravans heading to the US
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Activists say Mexican authorities have broken up 2 migrant caravans heading to the US

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday. Sheinbaum wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.” Migrant rights activist Luis García Villagrán said the breaking-up of the two caravans appeared to be …

About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here’s what it means
1 month ago

About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here’s what it means

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — About 1,500 migrants formed a new caravan Wednesday in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border. Migrants pause on the shoulder of a road, on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, during their journey to the U.S. border. “That would be easier.” Migrants walk through Tapachula, Chiapas …

Mexico's migrant caravan: A journey of fading dreams, unyielding hope
1 month ago

Mexico's migrant caravan: A journey of fading dreams, unyielding hope

India Today  

The recent US presidential election has brought renewed challenges for a migrant caravan heading toward the United States. Venezuelan migrants Nelson Mejia, 42, and his daughter Darlyn Mejia,13, who are travelling in a caravan ride a bicycle along a highway on their way to the US border, in Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico. A drone view of migrants in a caravan sleeping …

Smugglers tell migrants to rush to U.S. before Trump takes power
1 month, 1 week ago

Smugglers tell migrants to rush to U.S. before Trump takes power

Live Mint  

MEXICO CITY—From the dense jungle connecting Panama and Colombia to the banks of the Rio Grande, human smugglers are spreading a message to U.S.-bound migrants: Hurry up and sneak in before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. In southern Mexico near the Guatemala border, some 4,000 migrants formed three caravans last week and set out for the U.S., volunteers and Mexican …

Caravan of migrants hoping to reach America shrinks to half its size after Donald Trump's election victory
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Caravan of migrants hoping to reach America shrinks to half its size after Donald Trump's election victory

Daily Mail  

A caravan of thousands of migrants travelling through Mexico with the hope of reaching the U.S. has shrunk to about half its original size following Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday - amid fears the president elect could close the southern border. Migrants walk in a caravan along a highway on their way to the U.S. border, in Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico …

Thousands of Migrants Leave Mexico in Last Week Ahead of Election
2 months ago

Thousands of Migrants Leave Mexico in Last Week Ahead of Election

Associated Press  

A large group of 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday in a bid to reach the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, which has been a key issue regarding immigration. The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, believe a new administration in the U.S. could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called …

In a win for Mexico, US will expand areas for migrants to apply online for entry at southern border
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In a win for Mexico, US will expand areas for migrants to apply online for entry at southern border

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Biden administration will expand areas where migrants can apply online for appointments to enter the United States to a large swath of southern Mexico, officials said Saturday, potentially easing strains on the Mexican government and lessening dangers for people trying to reach the U.S. border to claim asylum. Migrants will be able to schedule appointments on …

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
4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

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 …

3,000 migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border
5 months ago

3,000 migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border

The Independent  

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Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border
5 months ago

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border

Associated Press  

CIUDAD HIDALGO, México — Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday, as they attempt to make it to the U.S. border. He feared that a new Trump administration might stop granting appointments to migrants through CBP One, an app used by asylum-seekers to enter the U.S. legally — by getting appointments …

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot headed for U.S. border
5 months ago

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot headed for U.S. border

LA Times  

Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate in southern Mexico during their journey north toward the U.S. border Sunday. Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday as they attempt to make it to the U.S. border. He feared that a new Trump administration might stop granting appointments to migrants through CBP …

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border
5 months ago

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border

New Indian Express  

CIUDAD HIDALGO, México: Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday, as they attempt to make it to the US border. He feared that a new Trump administration might stop granting appointments to migrants through CBP One, an app used by asylum-seekers to enter the US legally — by getting appointments at …

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants
6 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants

Associated Press  

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. “Mexico is the wall,” said Josue Martínez, a psychologist at Villahermosa’s only migrant shelter, Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito, which was bracing for a crush of people under Biden’s measure to halt asylum processing when U.S. officials …

Dozens of truckers set off in 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to protest overwhelming surge of migrants crossing from Mexico in Texas, California and Arizona
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of truckers set off in 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to protest overwhelming surge of migrants crossing from Mexico in Texas, California and Arizona

Daily Mail  

A convoy of conservative activists, who call themselves 'God's Army', set off for this country's southern border on Monday to protest the numbers of migrants breaking into the United States Dozens of people joined the self-styled grassroots movement 'Take Our Border Back' in Norfolk, Virginia where organizers slammed the Biden administration for leaving the U.S. frontiers 'wide open.' A convoy …

Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through

Associated Press  

ARRIAGA, Mexico — A caravan of about 2,000 migrants on Monday resumed their journey through southern Mexico, after participants were left without the papers the Mexican government appeared to have promised. Migrants walk along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. López Obrador has confirmed that …

As Migrant Caravan Slogs On, US Delegation to Discuss Migrant Surge with Mexico Prez
11 months, 3 weeks ago

As Migrant Caravan Slogs On, US Delegation to Discuss Migrant Surge with Mexico Prez

News 18  

A top US delegation is to meet with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many see as a bid to get Mexico to do more to stem a surge of migrants reaching the US southwestern border. “Secretary Blinken will discuss unprecedented irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere and identify ways Mexico and the United States will address border security challenges, including …

US-Mexico border crossings: Mayorkas describes ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis
11 months, 3 weeks ago

US-Mexico border crossings: Mayorkas describes ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis

CNN  

CNN — Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said, as Washington seeks help from Mexico City to drive down southern border crossings that have placed increasing pressure on President Joe Biden. “The regional challenge of migration requires regional solutions and we appreciate Mexico’s commitment to continue its …

Migrant caravan slogs on through southern Mexico with no expectations from a US-Mexico meeting
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant caravan slogs on through southern Mexico with no expectations from a US-Mexico meeting

Associated Press  

HUIXTLA, Mexico — Under a beating sun, thousands of migrants in a caravan continued to trudge through southern Mexico on Tuesday, with some saying they expect nothing good from an upcoming meeting this week between American and Mexican officials about the migrant surge at the U.S. border. The meeting “will be between fools and fools, who want to use women …

Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward

The Independent  

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Thousands join migrant caravan in Mexico ahead of Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to the capital
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Thousands join migrant caravan in Mexico ahead of Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to the capital

Associated Press  

UPDATE: Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward TAPACHULA, Mexico — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries trekked through Mexico on Sunday, heading toward the U.S. border. The caravan, estimated at around 6,000 people, many of them families with young children, is the largest in more than a year, …

Walking to America
1 year ago

Walking to America

Al Jazeera  

For those trying to reach the United States on foot, the deadly winds of the isthmus of Tehuantepec are just one of myriad existential obstacles. The family had joined up with the latest northbound migrant caravan to form in Mexico – although the caravan has since largely dissolved in accordance with divide-and-conquer tactics of the Mexican government and mafia outfits, …

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The contingent, including many women and children, later stopped walking at Huixtla, another town in the southern state of Chiapas, where they tried to get …

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border, tired of long waits for visas
1 year, 1 month ago

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border, tired of long waits for visas

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border Monday, walking north toward the U.S. The migrants complained that processing for refugee or exit visas takes too long at Mexico’s main migrant processing center in the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border. In the past, he said, …

Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap
1 year, 3 months ago

Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap

Associated Press  

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. He and other migrants waiting to hop passing trains — some …

Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
1 year, 7 months ago

Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. Segismundo Doguín, Mexico’s …

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
1 year, 7 months ago

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations adopted …

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end

ABC  

Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains rumbling northward in a scramble to reach the US border by the time the United States ends a tough migration policy. Migrants trying to reach the United States walk by a border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as seen from El Paso, Texas. "There are hundreds of people …

Huge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin
1 year, 7 months ago

Huge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin

Associated Press  

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. U.S. officials have detailed steps they’ve taken, including increasing deportation flights, as they prepare for what many are expecting to be a substantial increase in migrants …

Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — In 2014, groups of unaccompanied children escaping violence in Central America overwhelmed U.S. border authorities in South Texas. A Trump-era ban on asylum, granted a brief extension by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday, was one of the U.S. policies affecting migrants’ decisions to leave their homes. “Many things happened at once but, in the …

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies

The Independent  

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US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico
2 years, 2 months ago

US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Jose Maria Garcia Lara got a call asking if his shelter had room for a dozen Venezuelan migrants who were among the first expelled to Mexico under an expanded U.S. policy that denies rights to seek asylum. The U.S. expelled Venezuelans to Tijuana and four other Mexican border cities since Wednesday, said Jeremy MacGillivray, deputy director of …

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road
2 years, 4 months ago

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road

Daily Mail  

At least 400 migrants escaped from a hot and airless tractor trailer abandoned by a smuggler in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz on Thursday. At least 94 people were treated for injuries while the rest fled Paramedics treat some of the migrants who were among those found inside and around a tractor trailer ferrying at least 400 people that …

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants and refugees began receiving temporary Mexican visas as they prepared to continue their trek towards the United States. They had set up a temporary camp on a basketball court in the southern Mexican town of Huixtla, some 40km from where they began their journey close to the Guatemala border. Immigration authorities in Huixtla began slowly …

Migrant caravan on the move in southern Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

Migrant caravan on the move in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

HUIXTLA, Mexico — Several thousand migrants walked on through southern Mexico on Tuesday, covering ground while authorities showed no signs yet of trying to stop them. The largest migrant caravan of the year provided a live illustration to regional leaders meeting in Los Angeles this week at the Summit of the Americas of the challenges governments face in managing immigration …

US-bound migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

US-bound migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of migrants begin walking towards US as the country is hosting the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Migration activists said the group, which left from the Mexican city of Tapachula on Monday, could be one of the region’s largest migrant caravans in recent years. “We strongly urge those who attend the summit … to look at what …

Mexico relocates migrant camp; Haitians appear at border
2 years, 7 months ago

Mexico relocates migrant camp; Haitians appear at border

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of Reynosa, moving about 2,000 people from Central American and Haiti to a shelter in the city, across the border from McAllen, Texas. But on Monday, people in another border city, Nuevo Laredo, said hundreds of migrants, …

Migrants march from south Mexico as US lifts COVID ban
2 years, 8 months ago

Migrants march from south Mexico as US lifts COVID ban

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Some 500 migrants from Central America, Venezuela and elsewhere fought with Mexican police, National Guard and immigration officers in southern Mexico Friday in one of the first such marches this year. However, this year the protest came two weeks early and some participants said they would go far beyond the usual short march and try to reach …

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January
2 years, 10 months ago

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January from a year ago, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said Monday. Children and youths under age 18 made up 14.5% of the migrants detained, and a total of 780 were found to be unaccompanied by family members, the agency said. Migrants smugglers in Mexico have recently been …

Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash
3 years ago

Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash

Al Jazeera  

Truck crash in southern Mexican state of Chiapas one of the worst road accidents to hit the country in recent years. At least 54 people, most of them migrants and refugees from Central America, have died after the truck they were travelling in crashed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said, in one of the worst road accidents …

Migrant caravan headed to US border amid Mexico tensions
3 years, 1 month ago

Migrant caravan headed to US border amid Mexico tensions

Al Jazeera  

The group has seen dwindling numbers amid harsh conditions and standoffs with Mexican authorities as it heads north. A group of mostly Central American migrants and asylum seekers walking across southern Mexico will now head to the US border, rather than Mexico City as originally planned, a leader has said. Adrian Aguirre, a migrant from Nicaragua, told the Associated Press …

US-bound migrant caravan slowly making its way north
3 years, 1 month ago

US-bound migrant caravan slowly making its way north

Al Jazeera  

The 2,000-member caravan risks being blocked by Mexican forces, or expelled by US officials, if it reaches the border. Thousands of migrants from Central America and the Caribbean travelling in a caravan are making their way across Mexico, hoping to reach the US border, and heaping pressure on the Biden administration. “I’ll make it as far as God permits.” Chavez …

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico
3 years, 1 month ago

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico

The Independent  

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Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico finds 652 migrants in truck trailers near border
3 years, 2 months ago

Mexico finds 652 migrants in truck trailers near border

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have discovered 652 Central American migrants in six trailers near the United States border. Authorities said the trucks’ journey appeared to have started in the central state of Puebla and they were trying to reach Monterrey, a key transportation hub for reaching various points on the U.S.-Mexico border. Tamaulipas’ health department said Friday that …

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city
3 years, 3 months ago

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city

Associated Press  

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico — After more than a week at this crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border, Haitian migrant Nelson Saintil felt like the walls were beginning to close in on him and his family. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute has not provided numbers on how many migrants have been moved from Ciudad Acuña in recent days. “It is the new United …

Conditions worsen for Haitian migrants on US-Mexico border
3 years, 3 months ago

Conditions worsen for Haitian migrants on US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Mexico and the US are preparing to fly more Haitian migrants away from camps that have been set up along the border. Conditions are deteriorating in a camp on the banks of the Rio Grande River where thousands of mostly Haitian asylum seekers have gathered in hopes of getting asylum in the United States, as pressure mounts on President Joe …

500 Haitians reported walking though Mexico toward US border
3 years, 3 months ago

500 Haitians reported walking though Mexico toward US border

The Independent  

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‘We can’t survive’: Migrants in Mexico protest slow asylum system
3 years, 3 months ago

‘We can’t survive’: Migrants in Mexico protest slow asylum system

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers join caravan bound for Mexico City to demand expedited asylum proceedings. Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Saturday in a caravan headed to the country’s capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings. The caravan comes after days of …

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