More than 600 migrants are reportedly traveling north through Mexico in a caravan bound for the U.S. border, a journey that began in Honduras and comes as the Trump administration is clamping down on migration ahead of November's midterms. The journey began on September 20, when between 200 and 400 Honduran migrants left San Pedro Sula in small groups and headed toward the border with Guatemala, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. By early Monday, September 28, a caravan known as "Fe y Esperanza," or "Faith and Hope," had grown to more than 600 migrants as it resumed its journey from Tapachula, southern Mexico, toward the country's northern border with the United States, EFE reported.
The group included people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Haiti. It comes amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, which has curbed unlawful crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has declared a national emergency at the southern border, deployed active-duty military personnel and National Guard troops to support border operations, imposed extensive restrictions on asylum access, and pursued a policy of detaining and removing migrants who cross illegally rather than releasing them into the United States.
Border crossings have plummeted under those measures. Border Patrol recorded 8,870 apprehensions along the southwest border in August 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security, 94 percent below the monthly average during the Biden administration. DHS also said Border Patrol released no migrants into the country that month, extending a run of zero releases to 16 consecutive months.
Newsweek has contacted the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s government for comment. Access to asylum at the southern border has also been sharply curtailed.
Trump issued a proclamation on his first day back in office seeking to prevent migrants covered by the order from invoking asylum and other protections, although the policy has faced continuing litigation. The caravan nevertheless remains hundreds of miles from the U.S. border, and it is unclear how many members of the current group will ultimately reach northern Mexico or attempt to enter the United States. Previous migrant caravans have often failed to reach the U.S. border as organized groups.
Mexican authorities have routinely intercepted and dispersed caravans traveling north, including by detaining migrants or transporting them elsewhere in Mexico. Migrants interviewed by EFE cited economic hardship among their reasons for leaving Honduras. One woman traveling with two children said there was no work available to her in the country.
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