WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) The United States is evaluating every option on how to respond to the migrant caravan making its way to the US-Mexico border, a senior US administration official said in a conference call.
"We're currently evaluating all options," the official said on Tuesday.
In a separate press conference, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States trusts Mexico's leaders to know what the best steps are to resolve this situation, adding that the caravan will not succeed entering the United States illegally.
The United States is pressing Mexico to halt the caravan, which the United Nations estimates includes more than 7,000 asylum-seekers, before the group reaches the US border.
President Donald Trump has vowed to cut off US aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala over their failure to stop migrants from leaving their countries to come illegally to the United States.
The caravan consists mainly of Honduran migrants, however, published reports indicate that a second US-bound caravan is now forming in El Salvador.
