“We aren't living here, we're just surviving,' said a Honduran migrant aiming to get to the U.S. 'So it doesn't make much difference if you die there, or die here.”
Farther along toward the Guatemalan capital, in the town of Morales, National Police were checking migrants' documents at a roadblock. Associated Press journalists saw about 20 Honduran migrants being put onto a police vehicle to be driven back to the border because they had not registered with immigration officials there.
Since about May, Homeland Security has deployed dozens of agents and investigators to Guatemala to work as"advisers" to the national police there and migration officials. They are also trying to disrupt human smuggling operations. Honduran migrants traveling with a larger group prepare to be deported after being stopped by Guatemalan police in Morales, Guatemala on Jan. 16, 2020.Officials have not given specifics on how many DHS personnel were on the ground for security reasons. It was an effort brokered by Kevin McAleenan, the former acting head of DHS.
On Wednesday, Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei said Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard told him Mexico will not let a migrant caravan pass. Mexico Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero warned of special operations and immigration agents.
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