'We pray Trump DOESN'T win': 150,000 migrants in Mexico are rushing to the border before the election - and tell TODD BENSMAN they're terrified Donald will lock them out!

'I emotion Kamala Harris,' a young Venezuelan man declared arsenic he rested connected nan broadside of a road successful confederate Mexico past week.

His belongings were heaped astatine his feet. Hundreds of chap migrants stretched retired on nan roadway successful some directions.

They're headed for nan U.S. and astir each of them person an sentiment astir who should beryllium America's adjacent president.

'Donald Trump, no,' nan Venezuelan man said, shaking his caput and dragging his thumb crossed his pharynx successful a slicing motion.

He is 1 of thousands of migrants – from each complete nan world – joining a caller unreserved walking northbound from confederate Mexico toward nan U.S. border, little than 2 weeks earlier nan statesmanlike election.

I went to Tapachula successful southwest Mexico adjacent nan separator pinch Guatemala to analyse why they were connected nan move – again.

Throughout 2022 and 2023, monolithic caravans – immoderate reportedly arsenic ample arsenic 6,000-strong – became a communal characteristic of nan migration crisis.

The wide migration became specified a humanitarian and nationalist relations disaster for nan Biden-Harris Administration that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to meet pinch Mexico's president successful December 2023 to request that he enforce stricter migration controls.

And nan unit run worked.

In January, I reported for DailyMail.com connected Mexican constabulary and subject roundups adjacent nan U.S. border.

Migrants who made it to those bluish provinces were detained and shipped hundreds of miles backmost southbound to cities for illustration Tapachula successful nan southwest aliases Villahermosa adjacent nan gulf.

The Mexican media called it 'Operation Carousel.'

And for astir 10 months, nan caravans stopped.

But now, they're backmost on.

The migrants I said to connected nan roadworthy this week judge that this whitethorn beryllium their past chance.

Many of them dream to scope nan U.S. earlier November 5 because they fearfulness that, if Trump is re-elected, he'll adjacent nan confederate separator and enforce longstanding migration laws.

'If [Trump] wins… 1 has to do what nan authorities says, [wait] for my turn,' said Carlos, a Honduran man successful a caravan 30 miles northbound of Tapachula.

In reality, it's improbable that these migrants will beryllium capable to make nan 1,300-mile trek successful nan adjacent 2 weeks. But they tin try.

And there's different much analyzable logic that nan caravans person started backmost up: The Mexican authorities is encouraging them.

The caravans that I traveled pinch were escorted by Mexican National Guard escorts, thing that I person witnessed.  Perhaps, it not only nan migrants increasing restless, so, too, are nan authorities.

For months, an estimated 150,000 U.S.-bound migrants person been bottled up successful progressively dire conditions successful Tapachula, arsenic ever much get location from South and Central America.

In fact, nan existent number massing successful confederate Mexico whitethorn moreover beryllium successful nan hundreds of thousands.

I've visited Tapachula astatine slightest 5 times complete nan past decade and I've ne'er seen it truthful crowded. All nan hotels and motels are packed. Immigrant shelters are astatine afloat capacity.

Those who cannot spend accommodations – including women and children – slumber connected nan streets and successful metropolis parks, packed successful for illustration sardines.

Remember this arsenic you perceive Vice President Kamala Harris tout caller statistic showing a precipitous diminution successful nan number of forbidden U.S. separator crossings successful 2024.

She attributes nan affirmative alteration to nan caller enforcement of U.S. asylum laws. But that's not nan afloat story.

Even nan Department of Homeland Security admitted earlier this period that nan driblet successful forbidden US separator crossings is due, successful part, to, 'increased Mexican enforcement efforts.'

Indeed, astatine nan White House's behest, Mexico has been containing these group for months successful confederate cities for illustration Tapachula and Villahermosa, which person travel to lucifer sprawling, open-air exile camps.

Now nan business is becoming untenable.

According to those I've spoken to, nan Mexican government's promises to supply recreation documents to nan migrants person ne'er materialized. 

In an evident nickname of nan overcrowding, nan U.S. authorities is now building a caller migration processing installation successful Tapachula.

Meanwhile, nan Mexican authorities is starting to transportation migrants retired of Tapachula into surrounding cities to relieve nan increasing pressure.

And, nan coming predetermination is only heightening tensions.

A group of Ghanaian men successful a congested parkland successful Tapachula told maine that they feared a Trump presidency.

'We do not for illustration Donald Trump, because he don't for illustration us,' 1 man said.

To him, Kamala Harris is nan preferred option.

Another Ghanian man said he plans to hold for nan results of nan election, earlier making his adjacent move: 'If aft predetermination time [Harris is elected], we cognize that everything is good, past we tin enter.'

A middle-aged Venezuelan man besides successful nan parkland reiterated those fears: 'We cognize that if Donald Trump wins, each nan migrants will beryllium kicked retired nan [United States]… we dream that he doesn't win.'

It is still unclear really acold northbound these migrant caravans will get earlier America votes – and I fishy that galore migrants only wish to flight Tapachula.

But, certainly, it seems apt that aft November 5 – Mexico's newly-elected president will see her country's portion successful 'Operation Carousel' to beryllium complete and assistance immoderate remaining migration controls.

That would mean hundreds of thousands of migrants, who person been waiting retired nan U.S. predetermination successful Mexico, whitethorn beryllium permitted to – erstwhile again – effort their luck astatine crossing illegally into nan U.S.

As acold arsenic they're concerned, a Kamala Harris presidency would mean that America's borders will beryllium thrown open.

If Donald Trump is elected president, their plans whitethorn change.