Thousands of migrants set to arrive in El Paso-bound caravan in coming days
A new, 2,000-person migrant caravan is making its way north to the US border — and is expected to reach El Paso, Texas in just the next few days. A new, 2,000-person migrant caravan is making its way north to the US border, with the expected arrival of thousands of migrants in El Paso, Texas within days. Church-run border shelters are preparing for the group's arrival, as they are running out of space to house the migrants. The director of the Casa del Migrante shelter in Juarez, Mexico, said that they are expecting at least 2,00 migrants who set off from Chiapas, Mexico to arrive in the coming days.
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Thousands of migrants set to arrive in El Paso-bound caravan in coming days
A new, 2,000-person migrant caravan is making its way north to the US border — and is expected to reach El Paso, Texas in just the next few days.
Videos posted online show a swarm of people walking through the streets of southern Mexico on Monday.
In one clip, an apparent leader of the group could be seen encouraging the group to chant “a la frontera” through a bullhorn — meaning “to the border.”
The group then proclaimed in Spanish, “We are not criminals, we are international workers.”
Church-run border shelters are now preparing for the group’s arrival, as they run out of space to house the thousands of migrants trying to make their way into the United States, according to Border Report.
“We are in contact with people and personnel in migrant shelters in south Mexico,” Rev. Francisco Bueno Guillen, director of the Casa del Migrante shelter in the border city of Juarez, Mexico, told the news station.
“They saw many people have come into the country recently and are being joined by others already there,” he said. “And yes,they are coming to Juarez.”
He said they are expecting at least 2,000 migrants who set off from Chiapas, Mexico to arrive in El Paso in the coming days.