Another large caravan of migrants is making its way to the U.S. southern border.
Hundreds of migrants from multiple different countries left on foot Sunday from the town of Ciudad Hidalgo in southern Mexico. Some members said they were hoping to make it to the U.S. before the November election because they believe they won't be able to enter the country as asylum-seekers if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
Former ICE agent Victor Aliva isn't surprised at the movement of hundreds of more migrants heading to the U.S. and expects it to only pick up in the coming months.
"As we pay attention to the politics that is happening in the United States, so is the rest of the world, including people who want to come to the country illegally," Aliva said. "They are acting almost instantly on what they hear."
Recently, President Joe Biden said he would not seek reelection as the Democratic nominee. During the Biden presidency, there have been around 10 million people enter the country illegally. Aliva thinks under a new administration, especially Trump, there will not be anywhere near the number of illegal crossings into the U.S. that there have been.
"I believe that you're going to see more of these caravans before November and if President Trump wins in November you're going to see an incredible surge of people trying to enter before he actually takes office in January," said Aliva.
Mexico has made it more difficult recently for migrants to reach the U.S. border by bus or train. It's also not uncommon for caravans to fall apart as people are walking hundreds of miles from southern Mexico.
Migrants are not just coming to the U.S. from Mexico either. Aliva said people from countries in South America, Africa and Asia are trying to make their way to the states too and are completely unvetted.
"It's a risk to our public safety and to our national security because we have no idea who these people are and what their intentions are once they come into our country," Aliva said.