>> reporter: what i can tell you is the eight people who have begun their asylum process is a sign of hope for those here. you can see that they're living under tarps, they're sleeping on blankets, on concrete. that's really the only blankets separating them from the pavement, kate. what those eight people represent to them is a sign of hope that they will actually begin to be able to have a life in the united states. but some perspective on this. even though that is day one for those eight people and we heard cheers in the crowd as that news was announced, it is going to take them years, approximately six years, to find the end, some sort of resolution for that asylum processing. there are about 620,000 people who have no resolution yet or are still waiting on the list, kate. so despite all of that, the people who are here, the children who are playing here say they are not going to move, that they intend to wait here as long as possible for the hope of