Both the lack of jobs in Mexico’s south due to a new wave of incoming foreigners and a delay in asylum appointments in the US have motivated more groups of migrants to leave the region in the past month.
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About 2,000 migrants left Mexico’s southern border on Sunday, heading north towards the United States. This migration wave comes just weeks before the US presidential election, where immigration remains a contentious issue.
The Pew Research Center highlights that immigration has become increasingly important to voters, with 61% citing it as a key issue, a 9% increase from the 2020 presidential election. This surge in migrants is reportedly driven by two main factors: economic struggles in southern Mexico due to an influx of foreigners, leading to scarce job opportunities, and delays in US asylum appointments.
Some migrants, like Venezuelan Joel Zambrano, believe a new administration in the U.S. could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called CBP One.
“That is what makes us fearful. They say this could change because they could both close the CBP One appointment and all the services that are helping migrants,” he said.
“The situation in my country is very bad, the president doesn’t do anything for us. We spent a wee