The migrant caravan rushing to the border may be a harbinger of future events

An immigrant group of 2 thousand people is moving towards the border US border According to one expert, this could be the beginning of a wave of transition initiatives as the presidential election approaches.

“I think the agreement we had with the Mexican government to slow the flow leading up to the election to make the numbers look better for the Harris campaign will expire the day after the election,” said Lora Ries, Director of Border Security at the Heritage Foundation. Speaking to Fox News Digital, the Immigration Center cited the Biden administration’s coordination with the Mexican government earlier this year on executive action that allowed the president to temporarily suspend entry into the country.

Comments sound rude 2,000 immigrants Some left the Mexican border on Sunday, according to a report from CBS Austin, while some admitted to taking the trip because of fears about the outcome of the presidential election.

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Hundreds of migrants make their way towards the United States in a caravan named Rey de Reyes on October 22, 2024, along the roads of southern Mexico in La Venta, in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco. (Photo: Adri Salido/Anadolu, via Getty) Images)

“Whoever wins (in the United States elections) should not close the doors on us, they should give us the support we need, because we are all going through a really bad time,” one immigrant told the Associated Press.

Ries expects this flow to intensify between election day and the inauguration; former President Donald Trump Defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, he said immigrants will fear Trump will do more to close the southern border.

“We saw this in Trump’s first term, when a lot of people were trying to get in before he took office, because they knew he was going to be enforcement-oriented,” Ries said, adding that Trump’s victory this time would result in “a pretty big outcome.” Skip numbers for illegal crossings”.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a CNN town hall in Aston, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, October 23. (AP/Matt Rourke)

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Border security is top of mind for voters ahead of this year’s election, after three years of record-breaking illegal crossings. Under President BidenIt’s an issue Harris has also had to confront after being appointed by Biden in 2021 to help address the root causes of migration.

While Republicans continue to criticize Harris for her role as “border czar” since being at the top of the ticket, she has also promised tougher enforcement measures on the campaign trail.

“Those who cross our borders illegally will be arrested, deported, and barred from re-entry for five years,” Harris said at an event in the border-shaking state of Arizona in September.

Migrants travel with a migrant caravan named Rey de Reyes along the roads of southern Mexico toward the United States on October 22, 2024, in La Venta, present-day Mexico’s Tabasco state. With the US presidential election less than two weeks away, thousands of migrants are stranded in Mexico and desperate to reach the border. (Photo: Adri Salido/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Trump, meanwhile, has made border security and immigration the focus of his campaign, which includes promises of “the largest mass deportation in the history of our country.”

Neither the White House nor the Harris campaign responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

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