About half of the estimated 4,000 people in the caravan are children, ranging in age from 1-month-old babies to teenagers. The trek has left children dehydrated, faint and sick, according to advocates and pediatricians. “These are human beings,” said Alex Mensing, an organizer for Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the immigration rights group that organized the caravan. Carlos Mendoza, the content manager at Amnesty International Americas, recalled watching a barefoot toddler faint while holding his mother’s hand in Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico. Still, Linton said, although the caravan can be a harrowing experience, most children are fleeing even more dangerous situations that involve gang or domestic violence.

Source: Huffington Post November 01, 2018 04:07 UTC