minister is in tonight mr karim thank you. well hundreds of central american migrants have arrived at the u.s. mexican border town of tia juana they are among the first migrant caravans to arrive at the border they've traveled a thousand kilometers and they say they want to escape poverty and violence in their home countries they now hope to gain entry into the united states but the u.s. government has sent thousands of troops to the border to stop them defense secretary jim matches has visited troops in texas on the us mexico border u.s. president has threatened to close that border and has labeled the migrants invaders some mexicans living along the border with the u.s. they are showing solidarity with the migrants some but not all some bread a warm meal or even socks migrants are getting help from individuals and institutions