TIJUANA, Mexico — US border inspectors allowed some of the Central American asylum-seekers to enter the country for processing, ending a brief impasse over lack of space. Asylum-seekers are typically held up to three days at the border and turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Nearly 80 percent of asylum-seekers passed the initial screening from October through December, but few are likely to win asylum. Customs and Border Protection has room for about 300 people at the San Diego border crossing. During a surge of Haitian arrivals at the San Diego crossing in 2016, Customs and Border Protection required people to wait more than five weeks in Mexico.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 01, 2018 13:07 UTC