Updated: May 10, 2019 at 9:30 AM
Migrants in Mexico: Journey to the U.S. border (16 images)
Migrants, many coming from Cuba, Central America, Africa or Haiti, make the dangerous journey through Mexico, hoping to ultimately make it to the U.S. border to seek asylum. Mexico has started creating detention centers for migrants and issuing visas restricted to Mexico's southern states to discourage them from continuing on to the United States.
Migrants ride an inflatable raft on the Suchiate River from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, while a smuggler waits for their arrival in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico on Thursday. Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPI
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Migrants follow a smuggler after riding the inflatable raft across the river in Ciudad Hidalgo. Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPI
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Cineac Kinchel, who is from Haiti, sits with his daughter Michele in Tapachula, Mexico on Thursday. They have been staying along with migrants from Africa and Haiti near the Instituto Nacional de Migración Delegación Federal en Chiapas building, hoping to apply for an exit visa. The visa would allow them to travel legally through Mexico so they can make their way to the U.S. border. Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPI
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Migrants wait in line to apply for an exit visa or a regional visitor visa in front of the INM office in Tapachula, Mexico. Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPI
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