Central American migrant caravan

Pueblo Sin Fronteras
("People without borders")
Founded 2010
Website PuebloSinFronteras.org

The Viacrucis ("Way of the Cross") del Migrante[1] also known as Central American migrant caravan,[2] organized by Pueblo Sin Fronteras (People without Borders)[3][4] are annual pilgrimage caravans of mostly Central American migrants travelling from the Guatemala–Mexico border into Mexico and/or toward the Mexico–United States border. Viacrucis caravans have historically been organized by the migrants themselves, with accompaniment by human rights defenders for protection from police abuse and criminal attacks, and to draw attention to the struggles and rights of all displaced peoples, including those of asylum-seekers. It has been supported by a cross-border coalition of social justice activists, community organizers, faith-based groups, and human rights advocates known as Pueblo Sin Fronteras, setting off during Holy Week since 2010.[5][6][7][8]

2018 caravan

On March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday, local media reported that a group of about 700 migrants, 80% from Honduras, started to march from the city of Tapachula, Chiapas,[9] on their way north. The caravan had grown to about 1,200 by April 1, Easter Sunday, by which date it had arrived in Matías Romero, Oaxaca.[10]

The caravan attracted condemnation from U.S. President Donald Trump, who issued an order to bring the United States National Guard to the southern border. Similar to previous years, Mexican authorities felt compelled to provide protection to Viacrucis participants, offering ad hoc "permisos de salida" (exit permits) and temporary humanitarian visas.

In mid April, 500 migrants continued northward from Mexico City, where the caravan as a whole had had its last official stop, toward Tijuana, in separate groups riding on top of freight train cars.[11]

Two busloads of the migrants arrived in Tijuana, Baja California, on April 25. A further four busloads were making their way from Hermosillo, Sonora.[12]

After more than a month covering 2,500 miles across Mexico, the 2018 migrants’ caravan came to an end on April 29, 2018, in Tijuana at the Friendship Park at the U.S.-Mexico border.[13][14] More than 150 migrants prepared to seek asylum from United States immigration officials.[15] U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the caravan “a deliberate attempt to undermine our laws and overwhelm our system.”[15]

On April 30, 2018, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, “This caravan, like those who have gone before, is also rightly understood as a deliberate attempt to undermine the laws of this country and the sovereignty of the United States.” [16]

On April 30, 2018, the United States Justice Department announced criminal charges against 11 persons for crossing the border illegally.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Photo gallery: Migrant caravan". Chicago Tribune. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ↑ People 'associated with' Central American caravan have entered U.S. illegally, federal officials say Los Angeles Times, CINDY CARCAMO and PAULINE REPARD, April 29, 2018
  3. ↑ The truth about the immigrant caravan: What it is and why it’s coming to the US Ana Campoy, Quartz Media, 28 April 2018
  4. ↑ "Refugee Caravan / Viacrucis Guadalupano". Pueblosinfronteras.org. 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  5. ↑ "Home". Pueblosinfronteras.org. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Amid pressure from Trump, Mexico says it's dealing with migrant 'caravan' - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  7. ↑ "Migrants march north to protest immigration policies". Mexico News Daily. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  8. ↑ "Mexico to Trump: 'We don't encourage illegal immigration'". Mexico News Daily. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  9. ↑ Central Americans in Caravan Closing in on Southern US Border: The group plans to try to enter the U.S. on Sunday at San Diego's border crossing Ramon Galindo, NBC News, 29 April 2018
  10. ↑ Kirk Semple (April 2, 2018). "Trump Transforms Immigrant Caravans in Mexico Into Cause Célèbre - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  11. ↑ Migrant caravan that irked Donald Trump resumes journey to US border CBS News
  12. ↑ "Caravan migrants, in the hundreds, reach Tijuana on the Mexico-U.S. border". CBC News. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  13. ↑ At end of migrant caravan, families fear what lies next Maya Averbuch and Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, April 29, 2018
  14. ↑ Caravan of migrants has reached the border, braces to cross despite Trump's warnings: Attorneys warned asylum seekers to expect the worst, including possible separation from children and family members and months of detention. Dennis Romero and Annie Rose Ramos, NBC News, April 28, 2018
  15. 1 2 Migrant Caravan, After Grueling Trip, Reaches U.S. Border. Now the Really Hard Part. Kirk Semple and Miriam Jordan, New York Times, April 29, 2018
  16. ↑ Migrant caravan remains stalled at US-Mexico border AZ Central, April 30, 2018
  17. ↑ In Tijuana, Migrants Seeking Asylum In The U.S. Tell Harrowing Stories Of Crisis Kirk Siegler, NPR.org May 2, 2018
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