This seems typical
Among them are Chilean citizen Kenia Contreras and her Venezuelan husband Anthony Ybarra, who - along with their four-year-old son - arrived in the US after a trip that took them across nine countries from Chile to the US border.
"I've got family here, in Atlanta and Houston," Mr Ybarra said, a wide grin across his face. "But we don't want to interrupt anyone's life. If other people can do it with no help, so can we. We're here to work, not to ask for things."
Where they'll go and what they'll do there, they say, remains a mystery.
"I want to give this kid a better life…we'll go where God lets us go," Ms Contreras said, pointing to her son as he sat on the pavement, playing with the shoelaces of a nearby adult. "Whatever it takes, even if I have to sell caramels or candy. And when we find work, we'll give it our all."
"I'm going to New York. I've got a niece there," said Elois Acelvedo, a Nicaraguan woman who said she was left penniless after being robbed while travelling alone on the journey north. "A guy from the city came yesterday and told us they'd help. But nobody's come back."
For Ms Acelvedo, getting to New York is urgent. Choking back tears, she explained that her three sons - the youngest under a year old - remain in Nicaragua and are depending on her.
"It's a sacrifice…life in Nicaragua was impossible. I could have worked like a slave and made just $30 (£25) a week. Even food was so expensive," she said. "Now, thank God, I'll be able to send money. That's all I want."
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