>> reporter: some are expelled to haiti and other countries under a pandemic health rule. and nearly a thousand have been dropped off by border patrol at this nonprofit refuge pending their immigration cases in the past three days. according to the group's director. >> this is a tremendous amount, like nothing we've ever seen. >> reporter: that's where we met luis, a haitian who says he and his wife waited under the bridge for about a week. >> what did immigration tell you? he said that immigration told him that if he didn't appear in court he could get deported. his destination is new york. did anybody tell you why some haitians can stay and some haitians have to be deported back to haiti? he says that his understanding is that because he had an address, a family member he could contact in the united states, that he was allowed to stay. cnn has not been able to confirm