Huge Number of Migrants Highlights Border Crisis

Migrants take part in a caravan towards the border with the United States in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Dec. 24, 2023. Migrants queue to board a bus bound to Huixtla, to continue their procedures and obtain a migration form that will allow them to transit through Mexico and reach the northern border, in Mapastepec, Mexico, Jan. 2, 2024. A smuggler, also known as a coyote, keeps warm by a fire on Christmas morning after guiding a group of migrants across into Eagle Pass, Texas, from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, Dec. 25, 2023. Migrants traveling in a caravan to reach the U.S. border through Mexico bathe in a river, in Mapastepec, Mexico, Dec. 29, 2023 President Joe Biden greets Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, right, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston as he arrives on Air Force One at Denver International Airport, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver.

U.S. officials processed an estimated 300,000 people at the U.S. border with Mexico in December, which would be the highest number ever recorded, according to multiple news organizations.