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Thousands of immigrants are walking by foot through Mexico to the U.S. southern border rather than pursuing avenues for legal admission created by the Biden administration.
Between 5,000 and 8,000 people have formed a caravan in Tapachula, Chiapas, and began moving north Monday with more than a thousand miles more distance to cover before they will reach the United States, Telemundo reported.
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Immigrants gathered in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas as some took the dramatic step of sewing their lips together as a form of protest against immigration decisions, according to a local media report.
Migrants who had been waiting for temporary transit papers, but failed to get them after waiting, some up to two months, leave Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, as they make their way to the U.S. border. The migrants said they did not have the resources to pay for food and lodging to wait any longer.
Officials from the Biden administration were scheduled to meet with officials from the region to discuss irregular migration through South, Central, and North America, as well as the Caribbean.
Migrants arrive by foot to Huehuetan, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, as they make their way to the U.S. border. The migrants said they applied for temporary transit papers in Tapachula but failed to get them, some waiting up to two months, and continued their journey without permission because they could not pay for food and lodging any longer.
The Biden administration has encouraged immigrants to visit safe mobility offices in South and Central America and apply for legal admission to the U.S. rather than traveling thousands of miles and paying Mexican smuggling organizations thousands of dollars to get to the U.S.
One such measure that the Biden administration debuted in January encouraged immigrants to request appointments with U.S. customs officials. The number of immigrants arriving at the U.S. border from countries Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela initially declined but has soared since then as the majority of people who reach the U.S. each month are released into the country by authorities despite entering illegally.
Caravans became common early on in the Trump administration as immigrants across northern Central America rallied together to travel in groups through Mexico to avoid rampant crime waged by cartels and criminal organizations that kidnap, assault, rape, and rob immigrants on their journey north.
Traveling by foot through the country is dangerous but safer in a large group. However, the caravans also grabbed the attention of Mexican immigration authorities.
Activist and caravan organizer Irineo Mújica of Pueblo Sin Fronteras is a proponent of the large gatherings of people because it creates a safer environment for people to travel.
Three immigrants who were walking through Mexico this week were struck by a vehicle though Mexican officials did not specify if they were part of a larger group.
A 2-year-old Peruvian girl and her Venezuelan mother were fatally struck by a vehicle while walking through the state of Oaxaca.
The father, also a Venezuelan citizen, is in critical condition, according to Mexico’s National Migration Institute agency.
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