A month has passed since Texas state law enforcement agents played a role in preventing some 15,000 migrants - mostly Haitians - from crossing the United States-Mexico border. It now seems they could possibly be expected to do the same, but will a smaller caravan of migrants predominantly led by Central Americans that is headed toward the southwestern border.
As part of Operation Lone Star, the Texas Department of Public Safety has 1,000 state police officers and Texas Rangers assigned to monitor some areas within the 1,241 miles of border land it shares with Mexico.
According to BorderReport.com, organizers had initially said that the group, called 'Madre Caravana' or 'Mother Caravana' would be formed by tens of thousands of migrants.
However, about 3,000 migrants, including some 250 children, stopped along a highway in Huehuetan, a city in the southern state of Chiapas on Monday, as the weather topped 89 degrees, but really felt like 99 due to the humidity.
'The Texas Department of Public Safety is committed to securing our southern border under the direction of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and has deployed around one-thousand Troopers, Special Agents and Texas Rangers as part of Operation Lone Star (OLS),' a spokesperson told DailyMail.com via a statement Monday. 'While the department does not discuss operational specifics, we continue to monitor the situation as it unfolds in order to make real-time decisions and will adjust operations as necessary.'
Migrants from Africa, Central America, Haiti and South American walk on a highway in Huehuetán, Mexico, on Monday. Nearly 3,000 people are traveling to Mexico City where they plan to demand documents that would allow them to move freely in the country as part of their plan to reach the border with the United States
A migrant carries a child while resting at a park Sunday in Huehuetán, a city in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. Some 3,000 migrants, including 250 children, have been traveling by foot since Saturday in hopes of reaching Mexico City to obtain legal documents that will allow them to move freely in the country
Migrants bathe in the middle of a street in Huehuetán, Chiapas, on Sunday
A CBP spokesperson told DailyMail.com that the agency 'plans for all possible scenarios based off information on the operations of smugglers or movements of migrants. Our posture and response are based on comprehensive analysis, and not on any single report. CBP stands ready to address any potential increase in migrant encounters as we work to ensure safety and security of our borders, while managing a fair and orderly immigration system.'
The caravan initially drew its members by distributing a QR code via
