When it came to the US, the preponderant view—that Donald Trump would not let them into the country—did not seem to slow anyone down. “We’ll do what we can for now, then wait and see,” said Daniel Jiménez, a thirty-year-old who had joined the caravan with six friends from his hometown in Honduras. That could mean trying to reach the US to seek asylum, or staying in Mexico to look for work, but the most important thing was to leave Honduras. “You just can’t live there anymore.”

