US Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to agents at a California border station, as a caravan of migrants in Mexico seek asylum. Pence accused the migrants of exploiting the suffering of their countrymen in hopes of getting into the United States. The caravan has captured global attention as it made its way from Central America through Mexico and to the US border. CGTN's Toby Muse has more.

Nearly 200 Central American migrants are camped outside an immigration processing center in Mexico along the U.S. border, as a standoff with Border Patrol authorities enters its second day. Chants erupted on both sides of the border to support the migrants. "The people united will never be beaten," they called. The caravan of migrants has been traveling through the region for the past month, with the goal of reaching the U.S. and claiming asylum. However, they were stopped Sunday at a crossing facility because it was full, according to U.S. border inspectors. President Donald Trump has vowed to stop the caravan. Officials have said they will prosecute any migrants that file false information in their claim for asylum. The migrants are currently in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, just across from San Diego.

CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANT "They should have a little more awareness and at least support those who really need help. We are coming from our countries, not because we want to, but because the situation is very bad."

The caravan left the Guatemala-Mexico border at the end of March. At one point it grew to about a thousand migrants, travelling together for safety. Migrants often face robbery, sexual assault and even murder as they pass through Central America and Mexico. However, the numbers dwindled as some decided to claim asylum in Mexico. Trump has used the caravan as proof of the need for greater security, including a wall, at the U.S. southern border.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "Gotta have a wall. You can see that there, we got a little bit of a wall and it stops a lot. But we need a bigger wall. If you didn't have that, you'd have thousands of people crossing over."

On Monday, Trump reiterated his call for a border wall and said the plight of the migrants shows the need for an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. Toby Muse, CGTN, Washington.