A look at the border wall as thousands of migrants wait

Описание: Reporter Justin Lum visited the border wall in Lukeville Monday afternoon where around a thousand migrants were in line to be processed.

He spoke with migrants from different countries. Some have been there for days waiting to be transported to the collection center not too far away.

The sections of lines go down about the length of a football field.

Once these migrants are transported and taken into custody, the next step is processing at either the Ajo or Yuma stations before going to Tucson, and by plane or bus, sent to another sector to be detained to seek asylum.

More single adults were seen, many of them men, waiting in line.

Vulnerable people, being families of women and children, take priority as they're in the front waiting to be transported.

Emmanuel from Nigeria, who has been in Lukeville for three days or so, says he traveled through eleven countries to get there.

"I don’t know if I will survive this night again. It’s so cold and there’s no food, no water. Water, you have to wait if there’s shelter or tents. And food, some humanitarian governments are passing some apples out. It will help. You don’t understand, staying out four days, five days without water," he said.

FOX 10 crews have seen migrants collect firewood because of how cold it gets at night. They've seen them share crackers and other snacks.

They also saw them cheering when the line moved as they got closer.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs did speak to the press about the border situation on Monday, specifically Lukeville, saying she was not sending state resources and the federal government needs to step up.

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