The migrant caravan grows: Thousands continue journey north to get into the U.S. before the election

Thousands of migrants are making their measurement towards nan U.S. pinch last-ditch efforts to make it complete nan confederate separator earlier nan 2024 statesmanlike election.

The latest successful a drawstring of migrant caravans comes pinch conscionable 2 weeks until Election Day.

Asylum seekers person expressed interest complete what will hap nether a caller management aft some erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris some vowed to tighten separator information if elected.

What started arsenic astir 2,000 departing nan confederate separator of Mexico to caput northbound has gained numbers on nan measurement for those who wish to summation introduction earlier November 5.

Roughly 8.5 cardinal migrants person crossed illegally since President Joe Biden took agency successful January 2021.

Biden appointed Harris nan 'border czar' to woody pinch guidelines causes of migration – but Republicans opportunity her policies only led to a larger crisis.

And Trump agreed that his 2024 rival helped perpetuate nan 'biggest quality trafficking' business ever.

Thousands of asylum seekers are taking a changeable to spot if they tin get into nan state up of a perchance awesome displacement successful separator policies.

It is conscionable nan latest illustration of nan wide power that nan 2024 American elections will person connected nan world.

Venezuelan migrant Josman Ramos told nan AP: 'Whoever wins should not adjacent nan doors to us, [they] should springiness america nan support we need, because we are each really going done a bad time.' 

Trump invited respective group to speak during a roundtable successful Doral, Florida connected Tuesday, including 1 who accused Harris of being nan largest quality trafficker successful history.

'Kamala, wherever are nan children?' he asked. 'These group Kamala, Biden they're nan biggest quality traffickers successful history.'

Trump underlined nan complaint without repeating it directly, erstwhile he said '325,000 children are missing, activity slaves, aliases dead.'

'Slaves, activity claves, missing aliases dead,' Trump repeated.

If Harris wins, Americans are expecting much of nan aforesaid unfastened separator policies.

Meanwhile, erstwhile Trump, if he wins a nonconsecutive word successful 2024 would return to a much hawkish argumentation that would unopen down nan separator and kickstart wide deportations of those surviving successful nan U.S. illegally.

'We will transportation retired nan largest deportation of criminals successful American history,' Trump said during a September 18 rally successful New York City – thing he has said during galore run speeches.

While galore asylum seekers are fleeing oppressive governments and vulnerable surviving conditions, they are heading for a state wherever astir voters opportunity they want much strict policies to support retired nan travel of migrants complete nan confederate border.

Both Harris and Trump person vowed to instrumentality much strict policies – but Republicans deliberation Harris would support existent lax laws successful place.

'Those who transverse our borders unlawfully will beryllium apprehended and removed and barred from re-entering for 5 years,' nan vice president said successful her September 27 reside successful nan separator plaything authorities of Arizona.

Harris was appointed 'border czar' by President Joe Biden, but nan VP has faced a batch of disapproval complete he handling of nan crisis.

Since Biden took office, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered astir 8.5 cardinal migrants seeking asylum aliases illegally crossing nan confederate separator into nan U.S.

Trump has made migration, forbidden migration and nan crime committed by these individuals a centerpiece of his run ever since he first ran for president successful 2016 and he is promising to reconstruct bid if he gets different term.

This comes moreover though CBP has reported nan lowest numbers aliases separator crossers since 2020 pinch conscionable 54,000 apprehensions successful September.