MarÃa Luisa Cáceres, who said she joined the caravan with her 15-year-old special needs son, told the paper “we are forced to†join the protests even though she did not plan to. Caceres was sleeping in a tent that said “Abolish ICE†and declined an offer of asylum by Mexico.
But she blamed the large number of male migrants who stormed past police at the border for creating a confrontation that led to her being tear gassed.