Migrant Caravans Crushed: Dangerous Backroads Boom as Trump's Policies Starve the Surge

Migrant Caravans Crushed: Dangerous Backroads Boom as Trump's Policies Starve the Surge

Remember those 100,000-strong Central American caravans turning El Paso into Ellis Island on steroids? Poof – gone by late 2025, thanks to Trump's policy meat grinder. USA Today tallies 67 groups from 2018-early '25, but zero breached the line this year. Smugglers reroute migrants to sharky Gulf boats and desert death marches, jacking costs and casualties. Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra's research: Mass treks sparked the visible crisis, but Trump's "Remain in Mexico" revival and FTO cartel tags choked the pipeline. Families in Nike knockoffs once marched for the "Dream" – now they're prey in coyote hell. Dems decry "humanitarian horror," but X roasts: "Biden's welcome mat = watery graves." Border towns exhale; vigils fade. Trump's fix? Starve the beast – fewer feet, more feats of fortification.