Hundreds of migrants are traveling on foot through southern Mexico with hopes of making it into the United States.
The caravan of migrants, predominantly from Central America, is on what some have called a “faith and hope” journey, according to a video posted by Reuters on Tuesday. In the video, men, women, and families with children were seen traveling through Mexico.
One man wore a Honduras flag around his back while pushing a young girl in a pink stroller.
Two men were shown holding a banner reading, “Fe y esperanza emigrar no es delito,” which translates to “Faith and hope: migrating is not a crime.” The countries El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras were also written on the banner.
Gabriela Macias, a Honduran migrant, spoke in Spanish to Reuters, which was translated into English in the video caption.
“The only thing we want is for the president of Mexico [Claudia Sheinbaum] to open the way for us so we can get ahead, to work as well,” Macias said. “We also ask President Trump to open the doors for us, right, because we are people in need, honestly.”
The migrants began their journey a month ago, and their trek comes at a pivotal time in the U.S. with the midterm elections.
President Donald Trump has been an avid supporter of cracking down on illegal immigration and maintaining border security. However, some members of Trump’s own party broke with the president on his deportation efforts leading into the midterm elections, with Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) saying he’s “gone too far.”
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It’s unclear how the migrants plan to get Trump to open the southern border to them, especially as denied claims for asylum-seekers reach an all-time high under the president’s crackdown. In June, 94% of asylum-seekers were denied, compared to 50% in June 2024, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
If the migrants are stopped while on Mexican soil, they could be blocked from filing any asylum claim due to a Supreme Court ruling from June. In the case of Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the high court ruled in a 6-3 vote that an asylum-seeker can’t legally make a claim from inside Mexico if they were physically blocked from entering U.S. territory.