Mexican authorities have begun a major new enforcement effort to dissuade migrants from climbing aboard freight trains headed for the United States.
Asylum seekers heading to the U.S. travel on a train after thousands of migrants crossed into the United States in recent days, in El Carmen, Mexico September 21, 2023.Migrants have long used the trains, known collectively as"The Beast," to hitch rides to the U.S. border, and a video of a Ferromex train out ofpacked with migrants — heading toward the U.S. southern border — went viral on Sunday.
Despite the U.S.’s stern message to migrants of"Do not come," the migrants continue to make the trek in droves. Last month, there were well over 20,000 migrants in Border Patrol custody, according to a CBP source, in the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas.Caravans heading toward the southern border included families with infants and children, along with unaccompanied minors.
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