According to reports, many immigrants had lost hope of entering the United States illegally and decided to change direction after hearing that Republican candidate Donald Trump had won the presidential election.
A migrant caravan heading to the U.S.-Mexico border has shrunk in size by about half as its members accept the fact that President Trump will once again be at the helm of the White House. According to Reuters report. An official from Mexico’s National Institute of Migration told the outlet that the number of migrants in the caravan had dropped to less than 1,600, down from 3,000 when it began its journey north in Mexico’s southern city of Tapachula on Tuesday. spoke. (Related: Prominent member of cartel responsible for smuggling more than 50,000 illegal immigrants into the United States sentenced to prison)
The official added that more than 100 people have asked authorities for help returning to Tapachula, but it is not entirely clear where the remaining caravan deserters are headed.
“I was hoping [Vice President Kamala Harris] We would have won, but it didn’t happen,” Valerie Andrade, a Venezuelan immigrant, said, Reuters reported.
Top Shot – Honduran immigrants head to the United States in a caravan. A truck travels near Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico, on October 25, 2018. (Photo Credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP) (Photo Credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP, Getty Images)
Other immigrants expressed despair at President Trump’s election victory and even despised the historic levels of Latino support that Republicans had amassed in their landslide victory.
“This is the end of my dream of getting out of Cuba,” said Felipe, a Cuban immigrant. According to Newsweek.
“They forgot what it was like to be on the other side,” Mahiri Paz, a fellow Venezuelan immigrant, said of the Latinos who voted for Trump, according to Newsweek. statement suggest incorrectly that most or all Latinos are the products of illegal immigration;
Trump won the US presidential election early Wednesday morning, securing the more than 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. As of Thursday, the president-elect also held a lead in the popular vote, making him the first Republican candidate to win the popular vote since former President George W. Bush was reelected in 2004.
Trump, who made border security a hallmark of his first term, has promised a return to hawkish immigration policy. next president swore The plan is to carry out “the largest deportation operation in U.S. history,” including the completion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall and a series of other crackdowns.
Harris tried to rebrand herself as a border security hawk during her campaign, but she was unable to shake off the perception among voters and would-be illegal immigrants that she was a weak candidate when it came to immigration enforcement. There wasn’t.
According to exit polls, Trump’s landslide victory on election day was largely due to an increase in Latino voters.
The president-elect received about 45% of the Latino vote, a dramatic increase from the 32% Latino support he received in the 2020 presidential election. According to USA Today. He also totally wins over Latino men, first He became the greatest Republican presidential candidate in U.S. history.
As of Thursday afternoon, Trump had so far received 295 electoral votes and about 73 million votes from the American people.
While many migrants expressed regret over the election results and chose to turn back, others chose to continue firing toward the U.S. border.
“By the grace of God, I’m going to get that appointment,” Jaylimar, a Venezuelan immigrant, told Reuters of his plans to apply for asylum with a U.S. immigration official through the CBP One app.
Biden administration officials and other immigration officials are preparing for the possibility of a stampede at the border before Trump’s election victory takes office in January, and are preparing for a potential stampede at the border before Trump’s election victory takes office. I wish to enter the United States.
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