Hundreds of migrants departed Sunday in a new caravan whose first point of departure is Mexico City, and which seeks to reach the United States, a week before Donald Trump takes office on January 20 and has threatened to carry out a mass deportation of migrants.

The group of people from different countries departed on Inauguration Day from Tapachula, Mexico, aiming to reach the U.S. despite President Donald Trump's immigration crackdownwh

The Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border. View on euronews

The U.S. military is preparing to send roughly 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.

President Trump issued a raft of executive orders that effectively block migrants from entering the United States and applying for asylum, closing off major legal channels for immigration.