What Happened?
A migrant caravan of over 7,000 people traveling from Honduras arrived in Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 21, and will head towards the U.S., according to CNN.
The migrants are escaping poverty and hope to find employment in the U.S., according to PBS News.
The migrants arrived in Tapachula, Mexico Monday morning and plan to move further north to the town of Huixtla, caravan organizer Dennis Omar Contreras told CNN.
The Latest
Mexico’s government stated that anyone who entered the country “in an irregular manner” would be deported. The migrants, however, bypassed authorities, CNN reported.
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he will begin to cut off foreign aid that the U.S. provides to the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador since they have not stopped the caravan, according to PBS.
In Context
PBS reported that the U.S. and international law states that the U.S. cannot refuse migrates that are seeking asylum at the border.
In the past, Trump has threatened to fully close down the Mexico-U.S. border if Mexico could not stop the migrant caravans, PBS reported.
