Some days, more than 1,000 arrive in the boulder-strewn mountains near San Diego, alone.
These encampments would likely vanish under a Senate bill that would make sweeping changes to immigration laws, including allowing a border emergency authority that would restrict asylum when arrests for illegal crossings hit certain thresholds.
If it overcomes long odds, the legislation would radically upend how asylum is handled at the border.
Mbala Glodi, 42, arrived in Jacumba Hot Springs, a tiny border town east of San Diego, after crossing the border illegally in September.
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