Betting on electoral changes, more than a thousand Central American migrants arrive in Mexico to travel to the United States.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 10: A team of more than 1,000 Central American migrants recently arrived in southern Mexico, intending to continue north to enter the United States. After the US Republican Party suffered a disastrous defeat in the midterm elections, many people expected US immigration policy to be relaxed with the Democratic Party in control of both houses of Congress, thus deciding to "gamble" on entry into the United States.
Agence France-Presse reported on the 9th that this team of migrants arrived in Tapachula, Chiapas, southern Mexico, on the evening of the 8th. Some people held Honduran flags, while others tied the Guatemalan flag around their necks.
Misal Vazquez, a 25-year-old immigrant from Honduras, told the media that the victory of the Democratic Party in the US midterm elections gave him hope. "It's a good thing for immigrants," so he decided to take the risk.
The US Republican Party lost its majority in Congress in the midterm elections and also suffered a major defeat in the central US-Mexico border state of Texas. Pre-election polls show that a large number of voters are unhappy with the Trump administration's tough immigration policies.
Analysts believe that this team of migrants is unlikely to reach the US-Mexico border and enter the US. In the past many similar immigration teams have been intercepted by Mexico in Chiapas.