- Dozens of migrants, including children, jumped across the border between the US and Mexico on Sunday
- They were immediately arrested by American Border Patrol guards and planned to claim political asylum
- Thousands of migrants are camped on the Mexican side of the border after walking there as part of a caravan
- Migrants had to move shelter after the first one flooded, with doctors warning disease outbreak is inevitable
Dozens of Central American migrants scaled the border fence between Mexico and the US on Sunday, only to be arrested by US Border Patrol guards.
The migrants, who walked thousands of miles to the border as part of a caravan, said they now plan to claim political asylum – fearing violence because of their beliefs if they return home.
The courts have an obligation to hear all asylum cases no matter whether people entered the country illegally or not, after President Trump‘s executive order looking to block the practice was deemed illegal.
Dozens of migrants jumped across the US border from Mexico on Sunday before being arrested by Border Patrol agents and now plan to claim political asylum
Many of those jumping across the fence appeared to be families, with young children hoisted up and over the barrier near Tijuana, where thousands of Central American migrants are camped
President Trump had tried to block people crossing the border illegally from claiming asylum but a judge ruled it was illegal so all asylum cases must be heard before a court until the matter is decided
Honduran migrants are passed over a low point in the border wall on Sunday evening before being arrested
These migrants have traveled thousands of miles, much of it on foot, in order to get to the US border and had been living in a squalid shelter in Tijuana until deciding to cross
Immigrants pass through a breach in the U.S.-Mexico border fence, which was later repaired by border patrol agents
