Caravan stops in Mexico for anti-Don rally

MEXICO CITY — Central American immigrants traveling through Mexico in a caravan that drew the attention of President Trump protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Saturday.

Mexico’s capital was the final planned stop of the migrant caravan that left from the MexicoGuatemala border late last month to draw attention to policies toward immigrants and refugees.

Organizer Irineo Mujica said at Mexico City’s Angel of Independence monument that what remains of the caravan would visit the basilica of Mexico’s patron saint and seek meetings with representatives of the United Nations and Organization of American States.

“We are looking for some reaction, some change in the policies,” Mujica said.

Last Tuesday, as the caravan camped at a sports complex in southern Mexico, Trump tweeted that “The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our “Weak Laws” Border, had better be stopped before it gets there.”

Later in the week Trump announced that National Guard soldiers would be deployed to bolster the security presence along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move also made during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Mexican immigration officials visited the migrant’s camp in Matias Romero over several days processing documents for those who wanted to seek residency in Mexico, apply for special humanitarian visas or simply cross Mexico and request asylum at the U.S. border.