3,000 migrants head north through Mexico to push for easier path to US

Apr 24, 2023

Karah Rucker Reporter/Producer

By Karah Rucker (Reporter/Producer), Stacey Chamberlain (Editor/Digital Producer)

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Thousands of migrants are walking more than 700 miles in a caravan of protest. The migrants, who are mostly Venezuelan, were detained for months in southern Mexico.

Now, they are walking from the town of Tapachula, Mexico, near the border of Guatemala, to Mexico City, in an attempt to speed up their applications for U.S. asylum.

The caravan of around 3,000 migrants first formed in protest against detention centers. In March, 40 people died in a detention center fire in northern Mexico when the guard on duty who had the key to their cells was nowhere to be found.

The caravan, which began the march on April 23, expects to reach Mexico City in 10 days. Many of migrants have the ultimate goal of getting into the U.S.

Tags: Immigration, Mexico, Protests, Venezuela

KARAH RUCKER: THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS ARE WALKING MORE THAN 11-HUNDRED MILES IN A CARAVAN OF PROTEST.

DETAINED FOR MONTHS IN SOUTHERN MEXICO, THE MIGRANTS, MOSTLY VENEZUELANS, ARE WALKING FROM THE BORDER OF GUATEMALA TO MEXICO CITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPEED UP THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR U.S. ASYLUM.

THE CARAVAN OF AROUND 3-THOUSAND MIGRANTS, FIRST FORMED IN PROTEST AGAINST DETENTION CENTERS. LAST MONTH, 40 PEOPLE DIED IN A DETENTION CENTER FIRE IN NORTHERN MEXICO WHEN THE GUARD ON DUTY WHO HAD THE KEY TO THEIR CELLS WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

THE CARAVAN, WHICH BEGAN THEIR MARCH THIS WEEKEND, EXPECTS TO REACH MEXICO CITY IN TEN DAYS – WITH MANY HAVING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING INTO THE U.S.