The U.S. Embassy in Honduras said it was deeply worried about the group and that people were being given "false promises" of being able to enter the United States. The embassy said the situation in Honduras was improving.

Honduras' government echoed part of that language, saying it regretted the situation and that citizens were being "deceived."

Mexico's government issued a statement on Saturday reminding foreign nationals that visas should be requested in consulates, not at the border, and said migration rules were "always observed."

March organizer Bartolo Fuentes told Reuters that participants were not being offered or promised anything but were fleeing poverty and violence back home.

Fuentes, a former Honduran lawmaker, said the group had grown on its journey to some 1,800 migrants from 1,300.
There are no conditions in Honduras that will allow any of these people "asylum" or "refugee" status in the United States, at least not under our current laws. There is no point to a "hearing", there is no basis for an "interview". They are not eligible.

A former politician in the Honduran legislative assembly, a lawyer, Fuentes, has organized this "march". He is putting people at risk, deceiving them, criminalizing them, wasting their money and resources, and conspiring against the United States. A warrant needs to be issued on him and under extradition treaty, he needs to be arrested by US authorities and prosecuted.