- The town of Tapachula in southern Mexico

has always been a main stopover point

for the caravans comingnorth to the United States.

As a matter of fact, when I was right here

just over a year ago in late 2018,

there were just thousands of migrants

in this town square heresleeping for the night.

There's still a lot of migrants here.

Actually most of the peoplethat you see in this park

are Haitians or Cubans or Hondurans.

But there's something different now,

and that is it's gotten somuch more difficult for them

to make it to the United Statesand that's a direct result

of the Trump administration'sstay in Mexico policy.

This 26-year-old Honduran

was deported from the UnitedStates several years ago,

but when he tried to return,he got stuck in Mexico.

- We haven't had anyanswers from immigration.

There's no way we could get work.

There's no way that we couldhave like a work permit.

So we're basically stuck with no money,

no information whatsoever

of what's going on with our paperwork

and we're just signing and waiting.

- See, the Trump administrationhas put the burden

of the migrant crisis back onto Mexico,

and what that means isthat Mexico is taking

a much stronger standagainst illegal migration.

- It has stopped them.

I mean, the Mexican policiesare not as easy now.

It's getting harder forthem to have the visa

for traveling through Mexico.

- This little fishing village

on the Pacific coast of Mexicois called Barro de San Jose,

and it's, according tothe Mexico federal police,

one of the places where migrants

are getting in these panga boats behind me

and trying to get around the roadblocks

so that they can make itillegally into the United States,

but that's had some verynegative consequences.

Just a few months ago,several African migrants

washed up dead on the shore north of here,

and it just goes to show the lengths

that these migrants are willing to go

to try to make it to the United States.

- The answer to migration?

There is no answer.

It's a phenomenon through the whole world.

They're just runningout of their countries

because there's nothing for them there.

- Now we're hearing thatthere's another caravan starting

back in Honduras andmay be here in Tapachula

in the next several days.

And the rumor on the street is

that it may be made up of many of those

who were deported fromthe first caravan in 2018.

- My idea is to go to Tijuana,

and in Tijuana, I'm gonna goahead and try to make a living

until Trump leaves the office.

Once he leaves the office,

hopefully, everything isgoing to go back to normal

or the situation is gonna getbetter for immigration laws

and we're gonna go aheadand try to get up there.

- [Chuck] I'm Chuck Holton

for CBN News in Tapachula, Mexico.