The apprehension of migrants at the U.S./Mexico border is at a record high. While apprehensions dropped last year, after a spike in 2019, undocumented migrants attempting to cross the border have jumped in 2021, with a significant rise in non-Mexican migrants. 

Border apprehensions reached 1.66 million this year, the highest it’s ever been, and more are headed to the border with the intent of crossing.

A caravan of migrants who originally intended to reach Mexico City are now headed to the U.S./ Mexico border, according to a caravan leader. Made mostly of Central Americans, the group of 4,000 started near the Guatemalan border. But dangerous conditions, clashes with Mexico’s National Guard and government officials, have slowed the group’s progress and brought their numbers down to 1,300 people. An activist who organized the group says tensions with Mexican officials pushed the caravan to change their route toward the U.S. and they will try to organize another caravan to travel with them, reports Al Jazeera.

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