Migrants watch the clock in asylum-seeking limbo

SAN DIEGO -- The clock is running out for Title 42, a pandemic-era health order limiting foreign entry into the U.S.

Now looming: a surge of migrants at the southern border who have their sights set on seeking asylum.

FOX 5 peered through the sturdy pillars of the border wall on Wednesday, about 4 miles west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, to get a closer look at the conditions these migrants are facing.

The consensus heard from families at border: fear and uncertainty as what comes next remains undetermined.

One family -- a husband, wife and their one-year-old son -- traveled all the way from West Africa's Republic of Guinea. As they sat at the edge of the U.S., the father told FOX's Elizabeth Alvarez that their long journey has led to illness.

"My child is really sick," Mamadou Yaya said. "I'm on the border to the United States. I came here to seek help. I don't want to lose him here."

The worried parent told FOX 5 that his son is lethargic, feverish and will not eat or drink anything.

"I came here to let him have a good life, the American life, the American dream, you know," said Yaya. "I ...