When Altagracia left Honduras to embark on the months-long journey to the US-Mexico border, she had two clear goals on her mind: reach the United States to claim asylum and reunite with her children living there.

The first migrant caravan of 2025 is marching from Mexico toward the US, with its 2,000 members hoping to rush the border before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. More such massive groups are also expected to make haste before the Jan.

Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows migrants resting on the side of a road as part of a caravan bound to the northern border with the U.S., near Tres Picos, Chiapas state, Mexico November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Jose de Jesus Cortes/File Photo

The first migrant caravan of the year has set out from southern Mexico, heading north, but is unlikely to reach the U.S. border after authorities broke up other small caravans headed to the United States in November and December.

Central and South American migrants make their way to the U.S. border in hopes of reaching it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20, 2024.

A new migrant caravan of is moving toward the southern border in the final days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The number of migrant arrests at the US-Mexico border in December 2024 was lower than those recorded when former U.S. President Donald Trump completed his term in 2020, according to the news agency Reuters.