“They want to know who they’re talking to,” Father Forge said of police. “Well, we already issue our volunteers with ID cards, so we jumped on that.”

At least six armed individuals entered the shelter in the early morning hours of May 6 and stole some of the migrants' meager possessions, including cash, cellphones and ID cards.

President Trump’s determination to build a wall does not consider the complex realities that force people to migrate north to the United States.

A group of representatives wants to force a vote on immigration reform in the House.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vowed to prosecute anyone who enters the United States illegally.

"We are sending innocent people back to one of the most chaotic and dangerous places in the world."