Caravan of 3,000 migrants rushes for US border on Election Day: One last fk you to America
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A new caravan with 3,000 migrants is heading north to the US on Election Day in what Border Patrol officials are describing as a mad dash to cross the border while President Biden is still in office.The caravan was seen heading out of Tapachula, 50 miles from the Guatemalan border in southern Mexico, on Tuesday.
Photos show countless men, women and children who are taking part in the grueling, 2,000-mile journey to America.A US Border Patrol source told The Post the agency was well aware that the US elections would trigger a new wave of mass migration.“If Trump wins, they are gonna try to get here before he’s in office,” the source said.“It’s one last f–k you to America.”Another source added: “We knew that was coming because they want to get in before ‘orange bad man’ wins.”More than 10 million migrants will have been caught crossing the border illegally by the time Biden leaves office in January, according to an estimate by the House Committee on Homeland Security.The administration saw its biggest surge last year after the Trump-era Title 42 ended, with more than 1 million people rushing to the border to try to enter within the span of a few months.
It was not clear as of press time whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would win the election.Many migrants fear that should Trump take office on Jan.20, he would bring a complete halt to America’s asylum program — giving migrants an incentive to get across the border before that.Trump has made illegal immigration one of the biggest platforms of his campaign, vowing to make the border his first priority and deport millions of undocumented immigrants if he’s returned to the White House.
Even if Trump loses, migrants have little assurance over the future of the border as Harris has echoed the need to strengthen the border in the final weeks of her campaign.Members of the latest caravan said they were worried about the trip north, findin...