Group of 2,000 Migrants in Southern Mexico Depart for the US Weeks Before Election

Migrants depart for the United States, from Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, on Oct. 20, 2024, in a still from video. AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

TAPACHULA, Mexico—A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico’s southern border Sunday hoping to reach the country’s north and ultimately the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which immigration has been a key issue.

Some migrants, like Venezuelan Joel Zambrano, believe a new administration in the United States could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called CBP One.