President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide win has put the issue of illegal immigration in the spotlight. The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president has vowed to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, saying the country simply has no choice but to do it. Already, we’re seeing some Democratic governors vowing to defy Trump’s plans, but something interesting is happening in Mexico right now.
A caravan of approximately 3,000 migrants heading toward the United States in what the New York Post called a “mad dash to cross the border while President Biden is still in office” is dwindling.
A caravan of thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico with the hope of reaching the U.S. had shrunk to about half its original size on Thursday as many migrants grapple with their prospects following former U.S. President Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's election. […]
An official from Mexico's National Migration Institute told Reuters the caravan had dwindled to less than 1,600 people, down from 3,000 when it set out from the southern city of Tapachula on Tuesday.
Just over 100 people asked for help from authorities to return to Tapachula, the official said. It was unclear where the rest of the migrants who left the caravan were headed.
After hearing that Trump had won, many of those in the caravan felt less hopeful about their chance at a new life in the United States.
“I had hoped (Kamala Harris) would win, but that didn't happen," said Valerie Andrade, a Venezuelan migrant traveling from Chiapas to Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Andrade, along with her husband, and like over 7 million other Venezuelans, left her crisis-ridden country seeking better prospects.
Trump's proposed immigration policies also include ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. (Reuters)
Migrant caravan shrinks after Trump win! pic.twitter.com/TCz5nyNdYJ
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