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Sana Khan

Over 2,000 Migrants Begin Walking From Southern Mexico Toward US Amid Deportation Threats

Migrants wait outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City in June 2023 during a high point in the immigration crisis. The city announced it will close 13 emergency shelters by June because of the number of asylum seekers has fallen to its lowest point in 18 months. (Credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Over 2,000 migrants from different countries began walking early Monday in the south of Mexico, leaving the city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border, with the aim of reaching the United States, despite President Donald Trump's warnings about mass deportations and stricter asylum rules.

Many parents in the group pushed strollers or carried their children on their shoulders, as they traveled along the highway.

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