Migrants Marching Toward US Southern Border Are More 'Hopeful' Following Blue Wave: CNN
Secure in the belief that Democrats would never make immigration laws a barrier to entering the U.S., a migrant caravan is pushing northward.
Caravans left Honduras and El Salvador last week after Democrats regained control of Congress, according to CNN. Some of those heading north have been deported in the past.
Santiago, a Honduran national, said he had been deported twice. CNN, which called the migrants “hopeful,” did not use the last names of migrants it interviewed.
“Some told CNN that with the imminent Democratic majority in Congress, they are betting it will be easier to reach the United States,” CNN wrote.
“We hope that with this change, everything will improve for us,” Santiago said of the elections.
“This is not the usual flow of passengers,” a bus company employee said.
Democratic power is “the hope,” said Beatriz M., who was in the El Salvador caravan.
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Here we go again. Hundreds of migrants are already forming a caravan heading north because they saw the midterm results and think the border is open. But the real question is, who is actually funding this? Who is coaching them on where to go and what to say to the media? These caravans don’t just organize themselves overnight. https://t.co/sOxZmpa42T
— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) November 10, 2026
Juan, a Honduran native who spent 26 years living illegally in America and was deported on September 15, plans to cross the border again.
“After I was deported in September, I tried to enter again twice, but they sent me back from Mexico,” he said.
“I found out about this caravan online and I’ll try one more time, to see if I can get into the United States, because my wife and two children are there,” he said.
Some expect President Donald Trump will be weakened.
“Trump is on his way out in these elections. That’s why we’re taking the risk,” Jimena Morazán, 47, said, according to the Tico Times.
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said elections will not change the Trump administration’s approach to border security.
“Securing our nation’s borders is critically important to making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Countries along migratory routes must do their part to prevent and deter the transit of aliens seeking to illegally enter the United States,” Rubio said in a statement, according to the Voice of America.
“Crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization violates the law and can lead to arrest, detention, deportation, and a future ban on entry to the United States,” State Department representative Tommy Pigott said.
Although federal agents will guard the border, the elections that gave Texas a Democratic governor are expected to create a vast hole in Texas, where state forces have long sealed the border, Bill Melugin, a congressional correspondent for Fox News who has a long history of covering the border, noted on X.
A social media post from the U.S. Embassy in Honduras noted that caravans are not a sudden response to poverty.
“Some people mistakenly believe that the ‘caravans’ of migrants seeking to enter our country illegally arise spontaneously. They definitely do not,” the post said.
“These are meticulously organized through social media and, during the previous Administration, became a massive and lucrative business, primarily for criminal organizations,” the post said.
“The migrants themselves are simply pawns in this scheme and are frequently subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment during the journey,” the post said.
“Under the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump all of this came to an immediate halt, and now we have THE SAFEST BORDER IN HISTORY,” the post said.
“However, the criminals and caravan organizers have not disappeared or given up. Even now, they continue to organize caravans that HAVE NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER of entering our country,” the post said
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