Migrant caravan sets out from southern Mexico bound for US after midterms

Many migrants stranded in southern Mexico say the Democrats’ win in Congress has given them new hope of entering the US. United States President Donald Trump has warned Mexico that it must stop a group of migrants travelling through the country towards the US border or face a doubling of tariffs.

“Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico. Many of the people in these Caravans are those that various countries don’t want,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.

The president said that a “perceived loss” by his Republican Party in last week’s midterm elections had emboldened the migrants, and that he was putting the incoming Democratic governor of the border state of Texas on notice about the issue. Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, with Democrats flipping multiple seats in both chambers of Congress.