"They're going hungry, they've lost everything, and some towns are still flooded." The organizer added that migrants are savvy about shifts in US border policy: "When there is a change in government in the US or Mexico, caravans start to move, because they are testing the waters to see how authorities respond."
During the presidential campaign, Biden promised to reverse President Trump's strict immigration and border policies, which together with emergency travel restrictions because of the pandemic helped drive illegal-immigration levels to historic lows after a surge last spring; numbers are once again increasing as conditions deteriorate in Central America.
Specifically, Biden has said he will stop construction on the border wall, reinstate DACA, boost the number of refugees and make it easier for migrants to claim asylum.
In spring 2018, Team Trump tried to end "Catch and release," first by separating families stopped at the border and detaining both parents and children, triggering an intense backlash and court challenges that persuaded Trump to end the policy after only a few months.
With illegal border crossings on the rise in early 2019, Trump began rolling out "Remain in Mexico" in cooperation with Mexican authorities.
The usual drivers of illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America - economic hardship, grinding poverty and natural disasters - are once again pushing people to seek a better life in the United States.
They are coming because coyotes and smuggling networks that profit off illegal immigration are offering to get them over the border - for a price.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/16/illegal-immigrant-caravans-back-on-the-way-biden-invited-them/
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