Freight train full of migrants heads for US-Mexico border

As the US border crisis reaches a breaking point, a freight train loaded full of migrants was filmed racing north towards the US-Mexico border. The migrants in question did not appear to be stowaways, and proudly celebrated as the train departed. Some had even erected tents in the rail cars as shelter, and were being cheered on by onlookers as they embarked on the 1,200km journey from Zacatecas to the US. The video, which lasts over a minute, shows every car full to bursting point, with migrants even hanging off the sides of the train.

While official figures show that migrant crossings are slightly lower for 2023 than in the previous two years, this video will do little to assuage fears that the southern US border functionally no longer exists. Many border towns have been swamped with migrants, with several deciding to bus their migrants to cities such as Washington DC and New York, who pride themselves on being very tolerant and open and welcoming to everyone else being flooded with illegal immigrants.