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Imminent border rush: Thousands race toward US, hoping to cross before Trump's potential return | Blaze Media
Multiple caravans set off from southern Mexico.
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Before Trump gets back into office
Several caravans, thousands-strong, are making their way through Mexico, hoping to cross the United States' border before a potential administration change with the presidential election just weeks away.
On October 5, a caravan of 600 to 800 individuals left Tapachula, Mexico, according to the Border Report. Last week, another group of 1,000 reportedly departed from the city. On Sunday, a caravan with 2,000 individuals left Mexico's southern border.
Luis Garcia Villagran, director of the Tapachula-based Center for Human Dignity, told a local news outlet that he estimates that at least 4,000 people, divided into multiple caravans, are already moving through Mexico and on their way to the U.S.
"As we speak, 40,000 to 45,000 migrants, 30 percent from the Middle East and Africa, are stuck and trying to leave for the United States before the end of the year," Garcia Villagran said in a statement translated by Border Report.
Joel Zambrano, a Venezuelan national traveling with the caravan that set off over the weekend, told the New York Post that a new administration "makes us fearful."
