Asylum seekers find refuge in volunteers where the US has failed

Guards didn't respond when she went to ask them questions, she said. "They look at you with, like, rage, disgust, contempt. So we're adrift here because you don't know who to ask."… 

Border patrol is claiming the people at these sites are not in detention, said Jacqueline Arellano, the director of US programs for Border Kindness, a non-profit migrant relief organization. "However, if you issued somebody a bracelet, and given them the parameters of where to be, and aren't giving them various instructions starting from the time they cross, and they know that they have to cooperate with border patrol in order to be compliant with the asylum process that they have a legal right to, then how is that not being detained?", she asked…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/27/us-mexico-border-asylum-open-air-detention-center-california