Mexico starts giving caravan migrants transit visas

[Judi Lynn]

Christopher Sherman, Associated Press

 Updated 1:09 pm, Wednesday, April 4, 2018

MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican government began handing out transit or humanitarian visas to people in a caravan of Central American migrants, and said the procession of 1,000 or so migrants that drew criticism from President Donald Trump had begun to disperse.

Some migrants who awoke at the camp Wednesday said they would try their luck at requesting asylum in the United States, others in Mexico.
 
Elmer Zelaya Gomez, 38, from eastern El Salvador, has been sleeping with his wife and three children aged 7, 13 and 14 on the soccer field under blankets as they wait for temporary transit visas from Mexico to continue to the US border. He hopes to request asylum and join relatives in New York.

"We didn't leave our countries just because we wanted to," Zelaya Gomez said. "It's for the safety of our children."

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Caravan-migrants-confused-by-President-Trump-s-12803817.php

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[sheshe2]

1. Thank you Mexico.

You put our country under trump to shame with your generosity and humanity.