2K migrant caravan begins journey to US amid new Trump border security orders

ON THE MORNING OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INAUGURATION, MORE THAN 2-THOUSAND MIGRANTS BEGAN TREKKING FROM SOUTHERN MEXICO HOPING OF REACHING THE UNITED STATES.

THE MIGRANT CARVAN, MADE UP OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WALKED ALONG THE HIGHWAY OUT OF TAPACHULA, NEAR THE GUATEMALAN BORDER.

ONE MIGRANT FROM VENEZUELA, TRAVELING WITH HIS WIFE AND SON, TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:

“THE BEST THING FOR OUR FAMILY IS TO GO AT LEAST TO MEXICO CITY, WHERE THERE ARE MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SETTLE HERE IN MEXICO WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE NEW PROCESSES THAT MAY COME FROM THIS NEW U.S. GOVERNMENT,” OLINDO COLMENARES, A VENEZUELAN MIGRANT TRAVELING WITH HIS WIFE AND SON, TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

SEVERAL MIGRANT CARAVANS HAVE LEFT SOUTHERN MEXICO SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, HOWEVER, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO TRAVEL FAR, USUALLY DISPERSED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES WITHIN DAYS.

AND NOW, THESE MIGRANTS ARE ON THE MOVE – DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING 10 EXECUTIVE ORDERS AIMED AT BORDER SECURITY.

TRUMP ALSO DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO DEPLOY RESOURCES TO THE US SOUTHERN BORDER.

AMONG THE ORDERS, TRUMP SHUT DOWN THE BIDEN-ERA “CBP ONE APP” WHICH ALLOWED MIGRANTS TO SCHEDULE ASYLUM APPOINTMENTS AND PRESENT THEMSELVES AT A U.S. PORT OF ENTRY.  ANOTHER ORDER ALLOWS CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER WALL TO RESUME. TRUMP ALSO REINSTATED THE MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS (MPP) – ALSO KNOWN AS THE “REMAIN IN MEXICO” POLICY – WHICH REQUIRES MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM TO STAY IN MEXICO UNTIL THEIR ASYLUM APPOINTMENT.

FOX NEWS SPOKE TO ONE MIGRANT  FROM CUBA NAMED MARIA WHO SAID SHE BELIEVES THE US GOVERNMENT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A PATHWAY FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.