Thousands of Migrants from a Dozen Countries are Marching to the USA

Thousands of migrants from around a dozen countries left Mexico’s southern border on Sunday, heading north on the 1,800-plus mile journey to one of the border crossings with the U.S.  Some told reporters that they were hard-working people who just wanted to reach a better life in America, and wanted to get there before the November 5th election.  “We are running the risk that permits (to cross the border) might be blocked,” Miguel Salazar, a migrant from El Salvador, told reporters.  The permits that Salazar mentioned would come from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s app, CBP One, which allows asylum seekers to make appointments at border crossings, but only once migrants reach Mexico City or northern parts of the country.  In June 2024, around 41,800 appointments were made through the app, but more than double that number made the crossing illegally.  While there are just under four months until the presidential election and six before the next president takes office, the path through Mexico has become harder and more time consuming for migrants in recent months. A Cuban migrant died in a detention center on the US-Mexico border after U.S. officials allegedly confiscated her medicine.  Idania Osorio Dominguez, 52, died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Eagle Pass, Texas.