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Hundreds of Migrants in Mexico Caravan Want U.S. Asylum

More than double the number organizers were anticipating.

At least 200 Central Americans who attempted to migrate into the U.S. as part of a “caravan” traveling through Mexico will file to seek asylum in the U.S., despite the group being the subject of Donald Trump’s ire. The president tweeted several times last week as the group moved toward the U.S. border, saying they had to be stopped and that they showed U.S. border laws had to be strengthened. The caravan stopped in Mexico City on Monday and organizers said the number of people who want U.S. asylum is more than double than what they were anticipating. Rodrigo Abeja, a coordinator from Pueblo Sin Fronteras, a transnational organization that staged the caravan, said other migrants had chosen to stay in Mexico.