TAPACHULA, Mexico—Some 1,500 Central Americans forced their way across Mexico’s southern border early Friday and began their trek north toward the U.S. in the first migrant caravan of the year, stoking the heated political debate in the U.S. over a border wall. An estimated 1,700 more were waiting at the border town of Tecún-Umán, Guatemala, with the aim of entering Mexico legally, a senior Mexican immigration official said. Caravans...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 18, 2019 22:30 UTC