Never mind last-minute legal delays, untold thousands are already at the international starting line, with many more on the way By Todd Bensman December 20, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — In a “social phenomenon never seen before in the history of the region”, according to one media account, indigenous Miskitos, Tawhkas, Perch, and Garifunas peoples in Honduras began vacating their traditional subsistence lifestyles in December and heading for the American border.