instead. >> reporter: organizers say there are 1000 migrants that make their way to the united states despite mexican immigration authorities intercepting the group and that is because those authorities granted the migrants temporary legal permits giving them 20 days to leave the country and organizers say most migrants plan to use those 20 days to continue traveling north to the us. the caravan of migrants has drawn the ire of donald trump who has criticized mexico for allowing the group to travel to the us, but they will not be dissuaded from their journey by the president. >> migrants should not be abandoned by tweeds and political hatred. is characteristic of donald from to govern via tweet. >> guarding the southern border, after failing to secure funding for border wall donald trump announced he plans to send the national guard south to help.