Trump Deal Spells Danger at the Border as Waves of Migrants Arrive in Mexico
- Mexico relieved, but more immigrants to languish in Tijuana
- AMLO promises humanitarian aid amid steep budget cuts
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For the last four months, Miguel, his wife Rides, and their 9-year-old son have been sleeping on bare plywood slapped together into a triple bunk-bed, as they await their U.S. asylum hearing from a shelter in Mexico.
Miguel said he and his family fled El Salvador after MS-13 beat him up and threatened to kill him if he didn’t join the international crime gang. Forced by the U.S. to wait in Tijuana, Miguel says he has received more threatening phone calls that he fears leave him vulnerable in Mexico.