After agents processed the group at the Ajo Station, all of whom were determined to be in good health, ICE Enforcement Removal Operations assessed deportation options.
Agents suspect the caravan was escorted to the border crossing by “unscrupulous” smugglers who stayed on the Mexican side of the border.
The Border Patrol continues to issue warnings that human traffickers are endangering the lives of illegals when they smuggle people into the US during summer months, when temperatures in the Arizona desert exceed 120 degrees.
“CBP agents took everyone into custody, preventing a potentially dangerous situation in 100 degree heat,” the agency noted on Twitter.
This is the largest caravan of illegals since political activists Pueblo sin Fronteras organized a 1,500 member group last April which marched through Mexico to reach the US border, later releasing a list of demands for President Trump.