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Central American migrants begin their morning trek as part of a thousands-strong caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, as they face the Pico de Orizaba volcano upon departure from Cordoba, Veracruz state, 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/Marco Ugarte)

Patriots of the Constitution militia members arrive in Columbus, N.M. ahead of migrant caravan

By Angela Kocherga - Associated Press

A girl relaxes next to her doll inside a temporary shelter set up for a splinter group of a migrant caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, in Cordoba, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. Thousands of wary Central American migrants resumed their push toward the United States on Sunday, entering a treacherous part of the caravan’s journey on a trek through one of Mexico’s deadliest states, along what some called the “route of death” toward the town of Cordoba, Veracruz. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Latest: Central America leaders want probe of caravans

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Militia members arrive at New Mexico border town

By ANGELA KOCHERGA - Associated Press

Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, travel during the night on a truck in Orizaba, Veracruz state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrant caravan splits up, rips Mexico over Veracruz ‘route of death’ direction

By Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

Members of a US-bound migrant caravan stand on a road after federal police briefly blocked their way outside the town of Arriaga, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields had blocked the caravan from advancing toward the United States, after several thousand of the migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Militia members scout Columbus, New Mexico ahead of migrant caravan

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump insists his new North American trade deal will deliver a victory for U.S. factory workers by returning many high-paying jobs to the United States. Maybe. But a review of the agreement suggests that job gains for the U.S. would likely mean higher prices for consumers and more inefficiencies for businesses. The biggest winners might end up being robots and the companies that make them.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

NAFTA 2.0 could draw some jobs back to US, but at what cost?

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. in a large caravan rest under a statue of Mexico's first Indian president Benito Juarez in Tapachula, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. A growing caravan of Honduran migrants streamed through southern Mexico on Sunday heading toward the United States, after making an end-run around Mexican agents who briefly blocked them at the Guatemalan border. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Migrant caravan sets sight on getting to Mexico City

By SONIA PEREZ D. and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, travel during the night on a truck in Orizaba, Veracruz state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrant caravan treks ‘route of death’ in Veracruz, Mexico

By Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press

Illustration on the so-called "migrant caravan" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Congress must require asylum applicants to apply in their native country

By Andy Biggs

FILE- In this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, file photo immigrants seeking asylum in the United States walk off of the the International Bridge in Reynosa, Mexico. Asylum seekers already camping at border crossings worry that how the Trump administration responds to the caravan of some 4,000 Central American migrants and three much smaller ones hundreds of miles behind it could leave them shut out. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Migrants camped at border worry caravans will shut them out

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

New Mexico sentenced in Arizona ammunition-smuggling case

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Anxious about caravan Militia members scout US border town

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Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, get a ride on trucks, in Donaji, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The migrants had already made a grueling 40-mile (65-kilometer) trek from Juchitan, Oaxaca, on Thursday, after they failed to get the bus transportation they had hoped for. But hitching rides allowed them to get to Donaji early, and some headed on to a town even further north, Sayula. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Migrant caravan in Mexico trudges through ‘route of death’

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press

Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, wait for a ride in Donaji, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The migrants had already made a grueling 40-mile (65-kilometer) trek from Juchitan, Oaxaca, on Thursday, after they failed to get the bus transportation they had hoped for. But hitching rides allowed them to get to Donaji early, and some headed on to a town even further north, Sayula. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Latest: Caravan splinters as it heads through Mexico

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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

Texas contractor scores $145 million border wall contract

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Maria Gomez, 22, carries her son David Moises, 1, as the thousands-strong caravan of Central Americans migrants hoping to reach the U.S. border moves onward from Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Thousands of migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, after attempts to obtain bus transport to Mexico City failed. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Latest: Mexican governor pulls offer of transport

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In this Oct. 31, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Matt Conn, a loadmaster with the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., directs an Army HMMWV into a C-17 Globemaster III at Ft. Knox, Ky., to assist Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” _ better at war and more prepared for it. And yet, nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. (Airman First Class Daniel A. Hernandez/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Security experts question border mission for military

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Matt Conn, a loadmaster with the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., directs an Army HMMWV into a C-17 Globemaster III at Ft. Knox, Ky., to assist Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left no doubt his top priority as leader of the military is making it more “lethal” _ better at war and more prepared for it. And yet, nothing about the military’s new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal. (Airman First Class Daniel A. Hernandez/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Border mission doesn’t fit Mattis’ focus on ‘lethality’

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Central American migrants bathe in donated water brought in on trucks, as a thousands-strong caravan of Central Americans hoping to reach the U.S. border take a rest day in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Thousands of weary Central American migrants in a caravan rested Wednesday in southern Mexico while their representatives tried to negotiate transportation hundreds of miles ahead to the capital, but by evening there was bad news: they'd be walking again the next day. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexican agents nibble at edges of migrant caravans

By Sonia Perez D. - Associated Press