Mexican officials say the government will soon close a federally operated migrant shelter located just miles from the border with Texas to prevent additional caravans from traveling to the region.

Claudio Bres, the mayor of Mexican border town Piedras Negras, told reporters the factory-turned-shelter will shut down in two to three weeks. The roughly 1,600 people who arrived as part of a caravan earlier this month will be moved to smaller shelters, according to a Texas media report.