Eleven people believed to be members of the Central American migrant caravan are facing charges of illegally entering the U.S., Fox News reports.
The Justice Department has filed complaints against 10 who were seen on the U.S. side of the border in an area known as Goat Canyon, about four miles west of the San Ysidro port entry, according to the probable cause statement. The other person is accused of having entered the U.S. after previously being deported, which is a felony.
Two of the immigrants are from El Salvador, six are from Honduras, and three are from Guatemala.
The caravan started its journey through Mexico a month ago with about 1,500 people and has since dwindled to 600 men, women, and children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Many of the women and children were planning to seek asylum in the U.S. after they reach Tijuana, according to a coordinator from immigrant rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras that has been organizing similar caravans for several years.
Nearly 100 immigrants arrived at the San Ysidro port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday evening, per CNN. They were preparing to claim asylum, but have been stalled after Customs and Border Protection said the agency "reached capacity at the San Ysidro port of entry for CBP officers to be able to bring additional persons traveling without appropriate entry documentation into the port of entry for processing."
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