Nearly 8,000-strong migrant caravan heads toward the US, Blinken urges Mexico help end 'irregular migration'

A migrant caravan numbering thousands of people from Central and Southern America is making its way through southern Mexico this week en route to the United States.

The caravan, which is estimated to include 8,000 migrants, comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a senior U.S. delegation are meeting with Mexican officials, including Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to discuss the current migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.

On the social media platform X, Blinken said both sides discussed ways to discuss the "irregular migration."

"The U.S.-Mexico partnership is crucial to prosperity and security in our countries and throughout the Americas," Blinken wrote. "Good to discuss these issues, and our shared efforts to reduce irregular migration, with [López Obrador] today in Mexico City."