The caravan of people, including children, has been traveling towards the U.S.-Mexico border and was intercepted in the Sabinas Coahuila region and directly bussed into Piedras Negras.

Once in Piedras, the migrant caravan was greeted by local authorities and agencies, who have provided conditional shelter, including medical checkups, food, housing, and other life essentials. 

The Eagle Pass/ Piedras Negras border is now adjoined to the current humanitarian crisis that is receiving national attention, where large groups of migrants are traveling together to seek asylum in the U.S.

Piedras Negras Mayor Claudio Bres Garza and his administration implemented the necessary accommodations and precautions to cooperate in the asylum process law in the U.S. 

As of Monday evening, reports surfaced of unrest within the caravan members who attempted to leave the former maquiladora Macesa plant where they are being housed.

At this point, the Central American group will now have to wait to go through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection process; where they will be detained, interviewed and given an opportunity to request asylum. 

CBP offices in Eagle Pass currently have the ability to detain and interview up to 20 people at a time, where they are briefed and then sent through the legal system to analyze their credible fear claim.

A judge will then determine if the request is granted. This process could often take years.   

This process could spark greater unrest among the group of migrants who could leave the shelter and attempt to cross into U.S. soil by any means necessary.  

Port of Entry CBP Agents in Eagle Pass have been on high alert and have been holding training exercises due to the arrival of this large group of asylum seekers. 

Under a new law, political asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border must wait in Mexico instead of being released on a bond within the United States pending their asylum claim.