"Blue Wave"... What do immigrants say to America after the results of the midterm elections?

Two days after Democrats won a landslide victory over Republicans in the US midterm elections, the US Embassy in El Salvador posted a firm reminder on social media.

"US immigration laws remain in effect. The results of the midterm elections do not mean changes to current immigration policies," the post, written in Spanish, said.

However, the Democratic “blue wave” appears to have encouraged some immigrants to make the perilous journey toward the United States. Hope for easier access to the United States was particularly evident this week among two groups of migrant caravans arriving from Honduras and El Salvador.

Some of them told CNN that they are betting that the expected Democratic majority in Congress will make access to the United States more accessible. All of them requested that their identities not be revealed due to the risks associated with making the journey to the border.

“This is our hope: that we will be able to reach our destination,” says Beatriz, who is traveling with her husband and two children, ages 9 and 11, from El Salvador. On Friday, Beatriz and dozens of other Salvadorans set off from the western bus station in San Salvador, heading to Tecun Uman, located on the border between Guatemala and Mexico.

In this context, an employee at a bus company told CNN, requesting that his name not be mentioned because he did not have permission to speak publicly: “This is not usual passenger traffic.” Once they arrive in Tecun Uman, the group plans to join other migrants, including members of the caravan that left Honduras on election day and is currently making its way through Guatemala.

It is noteworthy that the number of migrants detected at the southwestern border of the United States witnessed a sharp decline after US President Donald Trump took office, as he worked to tighten controls on the border with Mexico and began carrying out large-scale deportations with the aim of stopping what he described as the “invasion” of migrants into the United States.