Migrants Amassing on Border, Many More on the Way
Published:
Tue, Nov 20th 2018 @ 3:01 pm EST
During a Monday phone call for reporters, Homeland Security officials said about 6,000 Central American migrants have already reached the border at Tijuana, and between 8,500 and 10,500 are still trekking north in at least three separate caravans. San Diego’s San Ysidro Port of Entry can process only about 100 asylum seekers per day, so the thousands waiting and still traveling will have to be handled over a period of many months.
One official said the caravan is comprised of thousands of people who are “most likely not eligible for asylum.†He said most are older teenagers or adult males, not families and children as some in the media reported. “Many if not most are simple economic migrants seeking to be reunited with families [and thus] ineligible for asylum,†he said. The official further noted the presence of more than 500 criminals in the border crowds. “All legal options are on the table and we have been negotiating with all our partners in central America with ways to deal with the caravan," the official said.
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