Dawn lights the border wall separating Mexico from the United State as Sam Schultz checks encampments for migrants seeking asylum, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz carries a plastic tank he uses to provide water for asylum-seeking migrants at his home Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz walks past a makeshift structure made to provide shelter for asylum seeking migrants as they await processing Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz, second from left, hands out water bottles to a line of asylum-seeking migrants, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz leaves his home with his dogs on his way to check the area for asylum-seeking migrants Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz, left, in grey hat, hands out blankets to a group of asylum-seeking migrants waiting to be processed at a makeshift camp Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz looks along a border barrier separating Mexico from the United States, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz hangs a halloween skeleton on ladders used to climb over the border wall, left by asylum-seeking migrants, and collected by Schultz, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz poses for a portrait at his home Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz, center left in grey hat, hands out blankets to a group of asylum-seeking migrants waiting to be processed at a makeshift camp Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz smiles as he talks near his home Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz fills a paper bowl with oatmeal as a line of asylum-seeking migrants wait, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz walks back towards his home Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz, right, bumps fists with a Mexican National Guardsman through the border barrier separating Mexico from the United States, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sam Schultz looks along a border barrier separating Mexico from the United States, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)