(CNN) – After nearly a month of traveling by bus, train and on foot, about 100 migrants on a caravan from Central America arrived at the San Ysidro port of entry on the US-Mexico border on Sunday evening, preparing to claim asylum.
And there they wait.
Another 20 to 30 migrants spent the night inside an immigration processing center in Tijuana, Mexico. An organizer of the caravan vowed they would remain at the immigration processing center until “every last one” is admitted into the United States.
Their presence at the border, and the accompanying intense media attention, has raised the stakes around what is already one of the most intensely debated humanitarian and policy issues of the Trump presidency.
Both sides have reason to further press their case. The caravan’s organizers hope to garner further sympathy for the migrants’ plight. On the other side, President Donald Trump has vowed not to let them into the country and has said the caravan shows the need for increased border security and a border wall.
It is legal for migrants to arrive at an official US port of entry and ask for asylum if they fear violence in their home countries. The issue, then, is less about what is legal than it is about what should be done next.
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After nearly a month of traveling by bus, train and on foot, about 100 migrants on a caravan from Central America arrived at the US-Mexico border on Sunday evening, preparing to claim asylum. So, what's next? https://t.co/LCIZaZvggu pic.twitter.com/dOeq3rSfss
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