Actor James Woods urges voters to reject Democrats as migrant caravan moves through Mexico

Actor James Woods urged voters to oppose Democrats in November’s midterm elections, pairing his message with video of migrants fording a river as a caravan that EFE reports now numbers more than 600 people moves north through Mexico, Breitbart reported Tuesday.

Mr. Woods, a two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner, also posted that Democrats “have nothing to offer” Americans and accused them of lying, cheating and stealing, according to the same report.

The caravan, known as “Fe y Esperanza,” or “Faith and Hope,” left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20, Newsweek reported. EFE reported that the group reached Tapachula, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, with about 300 people and had grown to more than 600 by early Monday as migrants already in southern Mexico joined it. EFE said members come from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Haiti, so the group is not made up solely of Hondurans who set out from San Pedro Sula.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the caravan has “zero chance” of entering the United States. He said Mexican authorities are helping break up the group and that the administration is prepared to add federal resources if needed.

Lauren Bis, a White House spokeswoman, told Newsweek the message to the caravan is that its members will not be allowed into the country. The Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol recorded 8,870 apprehensions along the southwest border in August, 94% below the monthly average during the Biden administration. DHS also said Border Patrol reported zero releases in August, extending a streak to 16 consecutive months.

The caravan has drawn political reaction. Rep. Nancy Mace, South Carolina Republican, wrote on X that the migrants are betting on a Democratic Congress rather than on crossing the border, Newsweek reported. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, questioned the timing and accused her party of emphasizing the issue to motivate voters.

The group remains hundreds of miles from the U.S. border, and Newsweek noted that earlier caravans have often been intercepted or dispersed by Mexican authorities.

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