IUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) – Hundreds of migrants from about a dozen countries fled Mexico's southern border on foot Sunday as they try to reach the U.S. border.
Some of the group's members said they hoped to reach the US border before the election in November because they fear that if Donald Trump wins, he will follow through on his promise to close the border to asylum seekers.
"We run the risk of getting the permits (to cross the border) blocked," said Miguel Salazar, an immigrant from El Salvador. He feared that a new Trump administration could stop giving appointments to immigrants through CBP One, an application that asylum seekers use to enter the U.S. legally — making appointments at U.S. border posts where they present their cases to officials.
The app only works when migrants arrive in Mexico City or states in northern Mexico.
The team left on Sunday from the southern Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo, which sits next to a river that marks Mexico's border with Guatemala.
Some said they waited in Ciudad Hidalgo for weeks for permits to travel to cities further north.
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