Tijuana expecting 40 percent of deported migrants in coming weeks
Tijuana officials are bracing for an increase in migrant deportations from the U.S. into their city.
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Tijuana officials are bracing for an increase in migrant deportations from the U.S. into their city.
The large migrant camp on U.S. soil between San Diego and Tijuana is now gone except for the leftover bedding, jugs of water, makeshift tents and hundreds of trash bags left behind by the migrants.
Migrants south of the border are taking a wait-and-see approach to claiming asylum since Title 8 processing and new federal rules kicked in last Friday, immigration advocates say.
On the first day since Title 42 expired, the San Ysidro Port of Entry was fairly uneventful.
One Venezuelan migrant planned to cross into the United States on Thursday evening to claim asylum as Title 42 expulsions were set to expire. But the barbwire fence, the rifle-toting Texas State Guard troops and, above all, the chatter on private social media groups convinced him to try a different strategy.