Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Friday that the majority of migrants who travel to the U.S. are victims of violence, as President Trump continues to slam the current migrant caravan traveling toward the U.S.'s southern border.

Nielsen, speaking at a Council of Foreign Relations event, said that the journey to the U.S. is “tremendously difficult and dangerous.”

“We have about 30 percent of women who take that journey are sexually abused, 17 percent of men,” she said. “Seventy percent of the migrants are victims of violence.”

The Nigerian army on Friday justified its killing of rock-throwing protesters earlier this week by citing recent comments from President Trump.

The country's army, part of a military which has been widely criticized for human rights abuses, shared a clip of Trump's speech from Thursday, when he said rocks would be considered firearms if thrown by migrants near the U.S. border.

When the Trump administration first asked the Pentagon to send troops to the southern border, they wanted them to perform emergency law enforcement functions, CNN has learned.

The Pentagon said no.

On Thursday, Trump claimed the military is putting up thousands of tents to hold migrants, but officials said there are no plans as of now to build tents. Tents were never part of the formal request for assistance submitted by DHS and approved by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.

I am not religious, but I pray for those poor people who will arrive on the border - does not bear thinking about.

donald j. Trump@realdonaldtrump

republicans believe our country should be a sanctuary for law-abiding americans – not criminal aliens. And republicans will always stand with the heroes of @icegov, @cbp, and law enforcement!

I am not religious, but I pray for those poor people who will arrive on the border - does not bear thinking about.