Guatemalan officials are sounding the alarm and trying to stop thousands of Hondurans from heading north toward Mexico and on to the United States.
Guatemalan immigration officials says that between 7,000-8,000 Hondurans have crossed in to Guatemala.
"On Sunday, police and soldiers in riot gear confronted a caravan of migrants from Honduras on a highway near Chiquimula in southeastern Guatemala. After a tense standoff, in which police fired tear gas and attempted to beat back the migrants with batons, the surging crowd broke through a phalanx of soldiers…
Mexican authorities praised the Guatemalan government's forceful response to the migrants. Mexico has beefed up security on its own southern border with Guatemala in anticipation of the caravan. Mexico also sent six buses south to help transport Hondurans back to their home country. The Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling on Honduran officials to do more to stop the "irregular flow" of citizens through the region.
But migrants in the caravan say they have little choice but to march north."
The office of Guatemala put out a statement over the weekend saying:
“Guatemala’s message is loud and clear: These types of illegal mass movements will not be accepted, that’s why we are working together with the neighboring nations to address this as a regional issue.”
One illegal immigrant in the caravan says they were headed north because Biden had promised to help them.
He says in an interview posted by The Hill:
“I just want patience and prayers that we can get to the U.S. because they [will] have a new president, Biden. He’s going to help all of us, he’s giving us 100 days to get to the U.S. and give us [legal] papers, so we can get a better life for our kids, and for our families.”
So Biden basically invited the illegals, having previously vowed to suspend deportations for the first 100 days.