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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Looks like 95% single men to me. I see no kids.[/quote]
Difference sources have different shots.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/migrant-caravan-heading-to-u-s-border-puts-mexico-in-tough-spot-with-trump-idUSKCN1HA01X

And apparently, not all are really headed for the US:

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/apr/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-caravans-people-coming-through-m/

[quote]Also, accounts vary on whether all participants are bound to enter the U.S. An organizer estimated that most of the people intend to remain in Mexico.[/quote][/quote]

I have no doubt that families are among those headed toward the border.  But, there seem to be a lot of people who don’t appear “attached” to a family.  
And, sorry, I don’t believe the “organizers” of this movement.  [/quote]

There have been reports in Mexican newspapers about this, and fact checks by other sources.  There is a caravan of about 1500 people. From Central American countries; Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala... They were in southern Mexico as of several days ago. Far from the US border. The organizers were surprised at the turnout, stating that there was a caravan of about 400 people last year.  The part that is in question is whether these people plan to continue to the US.  Apparently many people interviewed want to stay in Mexico...

I’m not surprised, that many, the majority, may be single young adult men.  It’s the same with any migration.  Men travel easier. And sadly, as seen in the migration across the Mediterranean, it’s survival of the fittest, with many more women drowning than men, and I assume women are caught and sold, too, by criminal gangs.  This “group” wants to protect the migrants from such fates...but of course, it’s not ok to cross several countries borders illegally to settle then illegally in the country with birthright citizenship... [/quote]

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