A migrant caravan is moving north through southern Mexico, and the Trump administration's border czar has a short answer for anyone in it hoping the midterm results changed the rules. Tom Homan said on Fox News on Wednesday that migrants in the group will be turned back, prosecuted or deported.
"They're going to be turned around or prosecuted," Homan said, according to Breitbart's account of his appearance on America Reports. Breitbart also reported that he said Democratic midterm wins would not change enforcement. Breitbart, RedState and ZeroHedge all quoted him saying: "Congress may be more blue. Texas may be more blue."
The remarks matter because they are the administration's first public answer to the group since the election. The reporting so far rests on secondary accounts, and the notes behind this story did not reach a primary source such as a Fox transcript.
How Big Is the Caravan? Depends Who Is Counting
The numbers do not agree. The New York Post reported that around 2,000 migrants left southern Mexico this week. Reuters, as cited by Yournews and Gateway Pundit, put the group at about 1,500 and said it included families with children. ZeroHedge headlined a figure of more than 600. None of these counts could be independently confirmed, so they are best read as estimates.
Accounts of the group's identity also differ. Reuters, as cited by Yournews and Gateway Pundit, called it the "God With Us" caravan. A repost on Free Republic of an unidentified outlet gave the name "Fe y Esperanza," or Faith and Hope. That could be a second group or a naming error. Breitbart reported that the marchers left Tapachula on Tuesday and walked through Chiapas on Wednesday.
Homan Puts the Pressure on Mexico
Homan did not stop at the U.S. side of the line. Breitbart reported that he called on Mexico to deploy troops to its northern and southern borders. The outlet pointed to 2019 as a precedent, when Mexico sent 6,000 National Guard personnel under a tariff deal. That background was not independently verified.
Breitbart also reported that Mexican authorities were already moving to stop migrants in Chiapas, though it did not say who told it so. Mexico's response has not been verified.
What Has Not Been Confirmed
Several further claims are circulating and should be treated with caution until officials put them on the record. A repost on Free Republic attributes a statement to the Department of Homeland Security about the consequences of entering illegally. The same repost quotes a DHS figure named Mullin, whose title is unconfirmed, saying: "The caravan has zero chance of coming into our country." ZeroHedge headlined State Department visa restrictions on caravan organizers. Gateway Pundit reported that the administration plans to crack down on organizing networks but cited no source. None of this has been confirmed through an official statement.
Homan has used similar language before. Townhall and 100percentfedup quoted a Homan post on X from September about an earlier caravan, which Townhall described as numbering in the hundreds. That is a different group, and those words should not be read as part of this week's remarks.
What Comes Next
The open questions are whether Mexico acts on Homan's call for troops, whether the caravan reaches the U.S. border, and whether DHS or the State Department formally announces prosecution or visa actions. Until then, much of what is being reported about this group comes secondhand.
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