From The New York Times On the Border, a Discouraging New Message for Asylum Seekers: Wait by Simon Romero and Miriam Jordan:

The Trump administration is determined to reduce the flow of asylum applicants coming into the United States. At some border crossings, migrants are being forced to wait for days or longer in Mexico.

At an array of points along the United States-Mexico border, at lonely sentry boxes, remote bridges and crowded border crossings, the scenes over the past few weeks have been similar: desperate asylum seekers from Central America, many of them children, camped out on Mexican soil as they wait to apply for admission to the United States.

The growing number of Central American refugees sleeping near crossings on the border points to a resurgent exodus of people from countries grappling with gang violence, drug cartels and a lack of economic opportunities, as well as a shift in policies in the United States effectively making it harder for Central Americans to request asylum.

Karen Useda Chue, 12 waiting to be called by US Cutoms officers at the customs checkpoint in Nogales MX. Chue is one of hundreds who have traveled from their home countries in Central America escaping violence and dire living conditions seeking asylum in hopes of a better life in the US.

Urmaro, 4 sits outside Albergue Ministerio Casa de Amor y Misericordia in Nogales where hundreds of people who have traveled from their home countries in Central America escaping violence and dire living conditions are seeking shelter while they wait to cross the border and request asylum in the US.

Jensy Carolina Cortez and her two kids, Carolina, 14, and Carlos, 10, from El Salvador waiting along with other asylum seekers to be called by US Customs officers at the US-MX border customs checkpoint in Nogales MX.

Katery Castro, 19 and her cousin Lidia Morales, 20 rest and write while they are waiting to be called by US officials to cross the border. They have been traveling for more than 20 days.

Nogles on the Mexican side of the border .

Celeste Garcia, 24 writing down names on a list taped to the wall at the US-Mexico boder Customs checkpoint in Nogales, MX. Families and individuals from predominantly Central American coutries seeking asylum have been listed to keep some order as to who crosses when Amerian officials call for the next batch of people. Garcia, a Mexican native, has been mantaining order at the checkpoint for a couple of weeks.

Sonia Fuentes 43, with her daughter Gisela and Heidi Guzman 27 and her son Eduardo at Albergue Ministerio Casa de Amor y Misericordia, a shelter housing migrants in Nogales.

Albergue Ministerio Casa de Amor y Misericordia.

Carlos Ramirez, 10 who traveled with family from El Salvador to the border waiting to be called by US Customs officers at the customs checkpoint in Nogales MX. Ramirez plays with a coloring book donated by one of many charities that bring supplies, food and clothes to asylum seekers camping out at the border.

Jensy Carolina Cortez makes a call at the US-MX border customs checkpoint in Nogales MX after being told she and her two kids would be the next ones to cross.

Jensy Carolina Cortez and her two kids, Carolina and Carlos are stopped by a US Cutoms officer as they rush to cross into the US once called.

Nogales AZ from Nogales MX.