Seeking asylum, migrant encampment grows in Mexico amid uncertainty over US policy

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz spoke with ABC News about the humanitarian crisis on the border, including Biden's use of a controversial order.

The bridge that connects Hidalgo, Texas, to Reynosa, Mexico, has become a path of uncertainty and fear for thousands of families in search of opportunity.

Amid ongoing ambiguity over the U.S.'s immigration policies, an encampment of migrants has swelled to about 2,200 over the past year, according to estimates from nonprofits working in the area. The sea of tents is about a block away from the international bridge in the northern Mexican city of Reynosa.

Jessica Leon, a mother from El Salvador who has been in Reynosa for seven months with her young children, told ABC News that life in the camp is "dangerous" and "difficult."

"We're exposed to a lot of danger here -- like the cartels, for example. Here, anyone can come in at any time. We're extremely vulnerable to many dangers," she said.