Members of Central American caravan wait for asylum appointments at the border

Carlos Sandoval, 29, calls his wife in Honduras while he waits for an appointment for asylum at an encampment near the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana.

Sofia Mercedes, 7, of Honduras plays in the makeshift tent city that has popped up near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana.

Orfa Marin, 33, and boyfriend Plutarco Vasquez, 29, both of Honduras, are among the Central Americans seeking asylum at the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana.

Irma Rivera, 31, of Honduras weeps as she recalls her late husband at an encampment near the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana.

Carlos Manuel Rivera, 3, foreground, of Guatemala and Guillermo Rivas, 21, of El Salvador sit among the makeshift encampment near a U.S. port of entry in Tijuana.

Carlos Manuel Rivera, 3, of Guatemala is one of many children — several with single mothers — waiting for an appointment for asylum at the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana.

Sonia Guadalupe of El Salvador cheers along with other Central American migrants as they hear more people have been granted appointments for asylum at a border crossing in Tijuana.

Gustavo Guinak, 2, sleeps as his brother Wilson Guinak, 13, of Guatemala plays with a puzzle at the Tijuana encampment.

Brian Casares, 12, of Honduras is among those at the encampment in Tijuana.

Elda Martinez, 9, of El Salvador eats a slice of watermelon at an encampment near the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana.

Samuel Ramirez of Honduras rests at the encampment near the border in Tijuana.