Immigrant Caravan Headed for US Ahead of November Election

More than 3 million illegal alien encounters were reported in fiscal year 2023, up from nearly 2 million in fiscal year 2021.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent speaks to illegal immigrants in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 20, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

A caravan of several hundred migrants is heading for the southern U.S. border via Mexico, many of them hoping to enter the country illegally before the November presidential election and a possible second Donald Trump presidency.

The migrants hail from roughly a dozen nations. The group left on July 21 from the southern Mexican town of Ciudad Hidalgo, which is next to a river that marks Mexico’s border with Guatemala.