A migrant caravan of nearly 8,000 people is marching toward the U.S. southern border as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are set to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing border crisis.
The migrant caravan is made up of people from an estimated 24 different countries and began its trek toward the U.S. border on Saturday, marching through the Mexican state of Chiapas — on the border of Guatemala — as of Wednesday, NBC News reported. Most of the migrants in the caravan are from Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, and Haiti, but according to Luis García Villagrán, who helped organize the caravan, some of the migrants are from Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Cameroon. Villagrán also projected that the caravan could grow up to 15,000 people by the time it reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, the New York Post reported.
Mexico has often allowed such caravans to travel through…