The huge immigrant caravan, which once swelled to more than 10,000 immigrants as it headed to the U.S. border from southern Mexico, has now been dismantled as Mexican officials offer temporary visas to immigrants – though organizers say they will continue to travel to USA Organizer Luis Villagran told Fox News that about 80% of the caravan migrants, about 9,000, have received a Multiple Migration Form (FMM). This travel visa allows them to travel freely to Mexico temporarily. AS A Caravan of Immigrants TRAVELS TO THE US BORDER, HARRIS REVEALS A CENTRAL AMERICAN YOUTH PROGRAM Viagran told Fox News that although the caravan was disbanded, all the immigrants in the bloc were heading to the United States to try to enter the country. Immigrants walk down the street in the immigrant caravan to Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico on June 9, 2022. The caravan from Huixtla to Mapastepec started again with a group of about 3,000 migrants. (Jacob Garcia / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The caravan started from Tapatsula, Mexico earlier this week and met little resistance from the Mexican authorities. Organizers also said the convoy had hit a police checkpoint where the Mexican National Guard, immigration officials and state police were stationed – but officials let the convoy pass “freely”. The migrants organized the caravan specifically a week ago because Mexican officials did not provide the temporary documents to Tapatsula. Now, after a week and walking less than 25 miles, they have got what they want, with Mexico giving them the legal status to head to the US border without being in Mexico illegally. Under Mexican law, immigrants cannot cross the southern Mexican state of Chiapas without documents. This was a response to caravans 2018-2019. Immigrants are waiting to receive the payments sent by their relatives to continue the caravan to the Mexican-US border in Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico on June 10, 2022. (ISAAC GUZMAN / AFP via Getty Images) Willigran said that since yesterday afternoon, less than 3,000 migrants have boarded buses provided by the Mexican immigration office to take them to customs. Now, more than 9,000 have been issued. It is one of the huge caravans in recent years to make its way to the US border, including one in October last year Which are usually dismantled by the Mexican authorities before reaching the border. However, as with this caravan, just because the caravans are dismantled does not mean that the migrants involved stop moving north. BIDEN REVEALS IMMIGRATION STATEMENT WITH WESTERN HEMPHESIR LEADERS, ACHIEVES “ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” The United States is seeing huge numbers of immigrants, with caravan-sized immigrants being met every few days by agents along the border. There were more than 234,000 meetings in April alone, and that number is expected to increase in the summer. The Biden government, meanwhile, has been barred from ending deportations under Title 42 on public health – through which the majority of migrants have been deported since March 2020. This move to end the mandate was seen as an incentive for more immigrants to try their luck entering the US PHOTO GALLERY: HOW THE CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER WAS DISMISSED AND SPIRALS CAME OUT OF CONTROL The Biden administration has come under fire for its handling of the crisis, with Republicans linking the wave to the ouster of the Trump administration and a loose internal enforcement – coupled with calls for a mass amnesty in Washington. Police take action as migrants gather around the National Immigration Institute in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico on June 10, 2022. (Jacob Garcia / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The Biden government has blamed “radical causes” such as poverty, violence and climate change for the rising numbers, and has launched a series of initiatives to address these deeper causes – led by Vice President Kamala Harris. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION President Biden on Friday, along with some Western Hemisphere leaders, presented a “Los Angeles Declaration” at the US Summit – which outlined common principles on immigration. The United States has committed to a number of specific measures, including extending work visas, resettling refugees, and providing millions of dollars in refugee and immigrant funding across the hemisphere. However, the leaders of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were not present. Adam Shaw is a political reporter for Fox News Digital, focusing on immigration. You can contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AdamShawNY
