DHS Says ‘ZERO Chance’ New Migrant Caravan Gets Into U.S. As Group Heads North Through Mexico

The Trump administration warned Wednesday that a migrant caravan traveling through southern Mexico would not be allowed into the United States, declaring there was “absolutely ZERO chance” the group would gain entry. 

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The caravan, which departed San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Oct. 13, left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Tuesday with roughly 500 to 600 people, mostly Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans, according to Mexican media. The group traveled as “Sin Fronteras,” or “Without Borders,” before renaming itself “Fe y Esperanza,” echoing “Fe y Esperanza con Dios,” a Honduran caravan that departed in September and was dissolved by Mexican authorities near the Chiapas-Oaxaca border earlier this month.

The caravan departed under the name “Without Borders” but took their new name after “Fe y Esperanza,” was at least partially dissolved in Southern Mexico.

“There is absolutely ZERO chance this caravan will be allowed into the United States,” the Department of Homeland Security declared in a response to video of the group shared by Reuters on Wednesday. “We will protect our borders — America is a nation, not an economic zone.”

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DHS previously told Fox News Digital that U.S. Border Patrol was working with international partners to monitor the caravan and any developments along its route.

“USBP reminds migrants that under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Secretary Mullin, the border has remained closed and secured for the last 16 months,” the department said. It warned that anyone attempting to enter the United States illegally would be “apprehended, prosecuted, and removed from the country.”

The caravan’s emergence ahead of the midterm elections is reminiscent of the large migrant caravans that became a major political flashpoint during the 2018 midterms. But its prospects of reaching the U.S. border remain uncertain. Mexico has repeatedly broken up similar groups before they could travel far beyond the country’s southern states.

Migrants have cited poverty, limited employment opportunities, and delays in obtaining immigration documents as reasons for joining the caravan. Some say they hope to reach the United States, while others are seeking work elsewhere in Mexico.

“I want to reach the United States,” Honduran migrant José Zelaya told Spanish-language news outlet EFE, according to Fox News Digital. Traveling with relatives, Zelaya said the group had no formal leadership and described “hunger and need” as its driving forces.

According to reports both of the latest caravans’ route took it along Mexico’s Pacific coastal highway through Chiapas, toward the state of Oaxaca. From that region, reaching the U.S. border would require traveling well over another thousand miles. Previous caravans have frequently fragmented or been intercepted long before reaching northern Mexico.

Mexican immigration authorities intervened in the group’s journey earlier this month. At Arriaga, near the border between Chiapas and Oaxaca, officials offered migrants transportation to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the Chiapas state capital, where they could continue immigration paperwork. Local reports said most accepted the offer, while a smaller number continued independently.

Chiapas authorities also detained a Honduran man identified as Jason “N,” whom the Rio Times described as an organizer of the first caravan. Officials said he was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice requested by Honduras and was transferred to immigration authorities for proceedings related to his return. Authorities did not publicly specify the alleged offense underlying the notice.

The current caravan is the latest in a series of organized groups attempting to leave southern Mexico. According to a report by Mexican newspaper La Jornada, roughly 20 caravans had departed Tapachula between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum taking office in October 2024 and the report’s publication in September, with none successfully traveling beyond the Chiapas-Oaxaca region as an organized group.

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