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Central American migrants wait for subway cars as they resume their journey north after leaving the temporary shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrant caravan departs Mexico City, sets sights on Tijuana

By Christopher Sherman - Associated Press

A boy lies with a coloring book outside a tent inside the sports complex where thousands of migrants have been camped out for several days in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. About 500 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg of their journey to the U.S. border, while thousands more were waiting one day more at a massive improvised shelter.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Migrant caravan heads north after departing Mexico City

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Central American migrants rest at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Humanitarian aid converged around the stadium in Mexico City where thousands of Central American migrants winding their way toward the United States were resting Tuesday after an arduous trek that has taken them through three countries in three weeks. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrants weigh whether to stay in Mexico or trek to US

By MARIA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

U.S.-bound Central American migrants get on to a truck for a a free ride, as part of a thousands-strong caravan moving through Puebla, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrant caravan arrives in Mexico City

By Sonia Perez D. and Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza - Associated Press

A Central American migrant, who is part of a U.S.-bound caravan, rests at a shelter in Cordoba, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. On Sunday, the bulk of the caravan streamed into the colonial city of Cordoba, in Veracruz’s sugar belt. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Caravan migrants arrive in Mexico City, bed down in stadium

By SONIA PEREZ D., MARK STEVENSON and and MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

The Espinar family sleeps on the floor after arriving in Arriaga, Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2018. Father Joel Eduardo Espinar, 27, grew up in La Conce, Honduras, leaving fifth grade to work with his father cultivating watermelons bound for the U.S. But in the past two years, prices had shot up and it was becoming impossible to raise his children on his 1,500 Honduran Lempira ($62) weekly salary. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Heat, exhaustion, illness: 1 day with the migrant caravan

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, Honduran migrant Jose Manuel de Jesus Sandoval tattoos the hand of a fellow migrant, at a camp set up by a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants in Juchitan, Mexico. Sandoval's informal training comes thanks to eight months he did behind bars in the United States after he was in a car accident and was discovered to be in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Caravan artist tattoos loved ones’ names for fellow migrants

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press

Migrants sleep packed together in a church courtyard at nightfall, as a thousands-strong caravan of Central Americans hoping to reach the U.S. border stops for the night in Niltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. As the caravan resumed its slow advance Monday, still at least 1000 miles or farther from the U.S., the Pentagon announced it would send 5,200 active-duty troops to &quot;harden&quot; the border.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Migrant caravan demands transport as 2nd group enters Mexico

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARKO ALVAREZ - Associated Press

Migrants travel on a cattle truck, as a thousands-strong caravan of Central American migrants slowly makes its way toward the U.S. border, between Pijijiapan and Arriaga, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Many migrants said they felt safer traveling and sleeping with several thousand strangers in unknown towns than hiring a smuggler or trying to make the trip alone. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Away from caravan, other migrants travel out of spotlight

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Migrants travel on a cattle truck, as a thousands-strong caravan of Central American migrants slowly makes its way toward the U.S. border, between Pijijiapan and Arriaga, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Many migrants said they felt safer traveling and sleeping with several thousand strangers in unknown towns than hiring a smuggler or trying to make the trip alone. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Poverty, unemployment, violence drive Guatemalan emigration

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Honduran migrants have fun after having a bath in a river in Pijijiapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants renewed their hoped-for march to the United States on Wednesday, setting out before dawn with plans to travel another 45 miles (75 kilometers) of the more than 1,000 miles that still lie before them. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

In migrant caravan, safety in numbers and no smuggling fees

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 2018 photo, Nicaraguan Lester Javier Velasquez Gonzalez, left, his 14-year-old son Axel, 9-year-old daughter Alexa Michelle and wife Idania Molina Rocha, rest on a sidewalk beneath a Nicaraguan national they proudly hung on the wall, while travelling with a migrant caravan to the U.S., in Huixtla, Mexico. While most people joined spontaneously as word of the caravan spread, their long, terrible journey began in early July when the Nicaraguan government launched a crackdown on opposition protests demanding President Daniel Ortega leave office. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

In migrant caravan, a Nicaraguan family flees persecution

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan to the U.S. make their way to Pijijiapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The sprawling caravan of migrants hoping to make their way to the United States set off again, forming a column more than a mile long as the group trekked out of the town of Mapastepec in southern Mexico before dawn. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Caravan slows, sheds migrants more than 1,000 miles from U.S. border

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan to the U.S. walk holding national flags from Mexico and Honduras, as they make their way to Mapastepec, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. After a day of rest to honor a fellow traveler who died on the road on Monday, the march continues through Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

The Latest: Maduro lashes at US over migrant funding claim

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Honduran migrant Alba Rosa Chinchilla Ortiz poses for photos at a temporary shelter in the central park of Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Chinchilla's husband, an ex-soldier in the Honduran army has survived three attempts to kill him, Chinchilla said. Her partner of six years, he has applied for asylum in the United States and she's trying to join him and their son. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

By MARK STEVENSON and SOFIA ORTEGA - Associated Press

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan to the U.S. walk holding national flags from Mexico and Honduras, as they make their way to Mapastepec, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. After a day of rest to honor a fellow traveler who died on the road on Monday, the march continues through Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

In migrant caravan, weary parents cite kids as motivation

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

A body is stretched out at the door of a bar in the community of Comayaguela, Honduras, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. At least eight people were killed and two other wounded at the bar Friday, according to the police. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

In Honduras, poverty and gangs help drive migration

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Candles arranged in the shape of a cross serve as a simple memorial for a migrant man who died the day before after he fell from the back of a moving vehicle while traveling with a caravan to the U.S., at the central park in Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The caravan, estimated to include more than 7,000 people, had advanced but still faced more than 1,000 miles, and likely much further, to the end of the journey. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Caravan pauses to honor dead migrant

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. rest in a park after arriving to Huixtla, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants resumed an arduous trek toward the U.S. border Monday, with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Migrants pause to honor dead man, rest, still far from US

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. in a large caravan bathe using water from a fire hydrant at the main plaza in Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants hoping to reach the U.S. were deciding Monday whether to rest in this southern Mexico town or resume their arduous walk through Mexico as President Donald Trump rained more threats on their governments. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

The Latest: 1st migrants arrive in Huixtla after 8-hour walk

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