U.S. bound caravan of 1,500 migrants leaves southern Mexico
The individuals had already attempted to apply for asylum through the CBP One application but were unsuccessful and began their journey.
(Crodon Press)
More than a thousand people left the city of Tapachula (southern Mexico) with the intention of migrating to the United States. The immigrants had already tried unsuccessfully to process their asylum applications through Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) CBP One application.
The group of approximately 1,500 migrants departed from the central park of the Mexican city and has already passed the first checkpoint located in Ejido Viva, Mexico. This is the third largest caravan to leave for the U.S. border so far this year. Women, children, adolescents and men travel, mostly from Venezuela, Ecuador, Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala and African countries.
The individuals had attempted to process their asylum through CBP One, an application that allows them to make their applications despite not possessing the necessary documents to enter the United States, bypassing Title 42, the policy that limits the entry of foreigners into the country due to COVID-19 guidelines in place since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to Mexican authorities, in recent days they have received thousands of people of different nationalities that have requested to process a registration for an appointment through the aforementioned application and asked the National Migration Institute (INM)of the Latin American country to allow them to transit by land or air in order to reach Mexico City. However, the people stated that their intention was not to remain in the country, but to cross into the United States.
Immigrant Stampede
Recently, a thousand illegal immigrants also attempted to enter the United States this time, by force. Several videos were disseminated through social networks showing how these people exerted pressure, ran and overtook the Mexican authorities despite the barriers that were deployed by Customs and Border Protection agents to prevent passage.
CBP agents reported that the immigrants approached the line dividing the U.S.-Mexico border were "posing a threat to make a mass entry." The illegals who attempted to cross the border remained on the bridge for several hours in protest against the immigration policies that prevented them from crossing.
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