Thousands of migrants traveling to U.S. Southern border as state officials meet with Mexican leaders

(Villa Comaltitlán, Mexico)  --  A migrant caravan headed to the U.S. has entered southern Mexico.  

Reports are that thousands of migrants from Central and South America entered the Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday, with some carrying a large banner that read, "Exodus from Poverty."  Later today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas will be in Mexico to meet with President Lopez Obrador.

The State Department says the leaders will discuss "unprecedented" migration and border security challenges between the U.S. and Mexico.