EL FLORIDO, Guatemala
A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces. Small groups pressed on toward the Mexican border, while others accepted rides from authorities back to Honduras.
Many of the migrants were driven by an increasingly desperate situation in Honduras, where the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and two major hurricanes in November have piled atop chronic poverty and gang violence. That combined with a hope that the new U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden would be more welcoming gave birth to the year’s first caravan.
What s True
A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants pushed its way into Guatemala in mid-January with hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. border. Some members of that group told journalists they were making the trip because of the Biden administration s approach to immigration. What s False
By Jan. 20 the day Biden took over the White House and signed several executive orders dealing with immigration the caravan had reportedly dissipated. Additionally, had it continued, no evidence showed Biden s actions would have impacted the caravan s experience at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Origin
Within hours of taking the presidential oath of office on Jan. 20, 2021, Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden signed several executive orders to change American immigration policies and reverse hallmark initiatives by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.
EL FLORIDO, Guatemala • A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces.
A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces.