Border Report: ‘Tijuana Is Facing a Different Kind of Crisis’

Two detention officers are suing the Otay Mesa Detention Center, the U.S. government is lobbying to reopen Mexican factories and more in our biweekly roundup of border news. Health care workers with Family Health Centers of San Diego stand ready … Read More

Some migrant caravan members self-deporting as frustration grows in Tijuana

TIJUANA – A little after 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, a large white truck pulled up to the Benito Juarez Sports Complex in Tijuana as 57 new migrants climb out to join the more than 6,000 being sheltered here near the San Ysidro … Read More

Migrants in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas

TIJUANA, Mexico — A peaceful march by Central American migrants waiting at the southwestern United States border veered out of control on Sunday afternoon, as hundreds of people tried to evade a Mexican police blockade and run toward a giant … Read More

Tijuana mayor declares “humanitarian crisis” over migrants

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TIJUANA, Mexico – The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and said Friday that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived. Mayor … Read More