As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to assume office as the 47th U.S. president, illegal immigrants are rushing to the U.S.-Mexico border to sneak in before his tough-on immigration policies take place.
According to the Washington Street Journal, human smugglers are warning illegal immigrants across the Panama and Colombia border to “huff it” to the border before January, when Trump gets the keys back to the White House, as they fear the president-elect will dismantle pathways for entry into the U.S.
“There were four WhatsApp groups in which hundreds of migrants coordinated their departure on U.S. election day,” said a Mexican immigrant advocate who helps organize caravans in Tapachula, Luis Villagrán, told the WSJ.
He said that as soon as Trump won the election, messages “spreading fear” began to ignite like wildfire among…
