CBP officials in recent days have said that the agency has the capacity to detain as many as 300 people at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. A representative of Amnesty International observing the process, Madeleine Penman, said "if the U.S. government decides not to receive these people who are presenting themselves today, they would really be violating their own laws and international law."

Source: Los Angeles Times April 30, 2018 13:52 UTC