Massive migrant caravan heads to US southern border ahead of election

A caravan of approximately 2,000 migrants was spotted traveling on Sunday to the United States' border with Mexico ahead of next month's presidential election.

Both presidential candidates have pushed for tougher security at the country's southern border, after a record 10 million illegal immigrants crossed into the country during the Biden administration. Vice President Kamala Harris recently claimed that people who were caught crossing into the country illegally would be deported and barred from re-entry for five years, per CBS Austin.

The caravan included migrants who were fleeing from Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, and parts of Africa, according to the Daily Wire. The caravan departed the city of Tapachula in Mexico on Sunday, which is on the country's southern border with Guatemala. 

Some of the migrants claimed they were making the trek now because of fears that a new administration would make it harder to get into the United States, including by ending immigration appointments through the CBP One app.

“That is what makes us fearful. They say this could change because they could both close the CBP One appointment and all the services that are helping migrants,” Venezuelan migrant Joel Zambrano told the Associated Press.

Two other groups of 800 and 600 migrants also left southern Mexico this month. It is not clear when the caravans are expected to arrive at the U.S. border.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.