Mexican migrant group splits after Trump's unexpected comeback

A big group of migrants in Mexico got smaller after **Donald Trump** won the election. While some people turned back to where they started others kept moving forward hoping to reach US before January

November 8 2024 , 09:51 AM  •  1614 views

Mexican migrant group splits after Trump's unexpected comeback

The migrant group walking thru Mexico got way smaller this week - from three-thousand to just sixteen-hundred people (which shows how quick things can change). After Donald Trump won two days ago many folks changed their mind about going north

About one-hundred people asked to go back to Tapachula; nobody knows where others went. Valerie Andrade a Venezuelan walker said: “I wanted Kamala Harris to win but that didnt happen.“ Like seven-million other people from Venezuela she left home looking for better life

People will seek new paths; itʼll be more dangerous but it wont stop them

said Heyman Vázquez‚ a Catholic priest in Chiapas

Trump wants to make big changes when he starts work in Jan-2025: send lots of people back to Mexico quickly and stop giving papers to kids born to non-legal parents. His last time in charge (bout 5 years ago) lots of folks got stuck at the border

Some families are going back to Guatemala-Mexico border area but others like Jeilimar - whoʼs moving with her six-year-old kid - still think they can make it: “With Gods help Iʼll get my border app meeting.“ She wants to reach US before Trump starts his new job