During the weekend, around 1,500 migrants wanted to enter Mexico. The border guard has been strengthened due to the so-called migrant caravan. Many of the migrants on the Mexican border say they are fleeing because of violence and poverty in their homeland, the BBC writes.
Small groups of people managed to get into Mexico this weekend, but many are still in the Guatemalan border town of Tecún Umán.
US President Donald Trump has called on Central American countries to reduce the number of migrants heading to the United States.
This weekend, Mexico offered migrants work in the country's southern parts. Those who do not receive jobs or seek asylum must also not travel through the country to the north, the Ministry of the Interior reports.