Shutdown Of Migrant Shelter In Tijuana Sparks Protests

  • 6 years ago

Federal police are taking steps to close a migrant shelter in Mexico’s city, Tijuana. This shutdown causes protests from dozens of U.S.-bound people who were staying there. According to Reuters, there are thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from Central America. Officials said that about half of the nearly 6,000 migrants arriving at Tijuana were at a large shelter. Several hundred others dispersed to other shelters, 1,000 actually crossed into the U.S.

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