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A 1,200-person caravan of largely Cuban migrants is heading north from Mexico’s southern city of Tapachula in a weeks-long pursuit of better economic opportunities. But the destination is not the U.S. border, it’s Mexico City.

The destination of the caravan signals a stark shift in regional trends as President Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies take hold.

The caravan, which departed earlier this month, is expected to take weeks to reach its destination, where migrants hope to find higher-paying jobs in Mexico’s capital city, rather than its impoverished south.

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Tapachula, located in Mexico’s poorest state of Chiapas, has been struggling for

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