Trapped in Tijuana: Migrants face a long, dangerous wait to claim asylum “If I continue to stay here, I am going to be killed,” said a mother of 2 from Honduras, who spent 2 months waiting in Tijuana to cross into the US.
Albert, 35, was sent back to Mexico after claiming asylum at the U.S. border and told to wait there for his case to be heard.TIJUANA, Mexico — Lidia wrapped her arms around her six-months-pregnant belly, as she waited anxiously with her daughters, ages 2 and 4, and her husband on a cold January morning at the El Chaparral crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border.
after they make their initial claim at the border. Even after their number is finally called on the list, these migrants are returned to Tijuana and forced to wait there as their case plays out, which until now has taken months or even years.As more groups of migrants approach the border, lawyers and advocates fear that Tijuana will get more crowded and more dangerous.
When the family finally reached the border at Tijuana in November, after walking and taking buses for nearly 3,000 miles, their struggles were far from over. The new shelter, called Movimiento Juventud 2000, consisted of an open-air gated area with a roof overhead, which let in cold wind and left Lidia feeling exposed.
These migrant volunteers say Mexican immigration officials tell them every morning how many people the U.S. will allow in that day. The volunteers then set up shop under a small canopy tent at the El Chaparral border crossing and use a megaphone to call out that day’s numbers to a crowd of hopeful migrants.
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