The US Secretary of State meets with the Mexican President to discuss the migration crisis National newspaper

Thousands of people walk through Mexico toward the United States. They left on Christmas Eve from the city of Tapachula, located in the south near the border with Guatemala.

they Nearly 10,000 men, women and children from Latin American countries: Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Honduras, El Salvador.

The caravan leaders carry banners that read: “Out of poverty.”

Marvin, from Honduras, said he seeks to improve the quality of life in the United States.

“The situation in our country is getting worse. We want to work, and we are not criminals.”

The group has about 1,500 kilometers left to reach the US border.

Due to the increase in the number of people trying to cross the border illegally in recent weeks,… The state of Texas has temporarily suspended train crossings in El Paso and Eagle Pass.

Arizona closed the port of entry at Lukeville.

in December, US authorities arrested more than 10,000 people daily Trying to enter the country illegally.

This year alone, there have been More than 2 million illegal crossings.

In search of solutions to contain what the United States called “unprecedented illegal immigration,” President Joe Biden sent representatives to Mexico.

On Wednesday (27), Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas met with Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador.