Three tourist buses were guarded by a Mexican police escort on a curvy, mountainous road from the Mexican border city of Mexicali. Many planned to seek asylum starting Sunday at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing, the nation's busiest. Trump cited the caravan as justification for the border wall he wants to build on Thursday, even though the asylum-seekers plan to turn themselves in to border inspectors and are legally entitled to seek protection. The secretary also said asylum seekers in the caravan should seek protection in the first safe country they reach, including Mexico. The Villatoros fled a town near the Mexican border for reasons Ignacio declined to discuss because he said he feared for his family's safety.

Source: ABC News April 27, 2018 01:41 UTC