About three dozen would-be asylum seekers from Russia found themselves blocked from entering the US on Friday while a group of Ukrainians flashed passports and were escorted across the border.
The scene reflected a quiet, but unmistakable shift in the differing treatment of Russians and Ukrainians who enter Mexico as tourists and fly to Tijuana, hoping to enter the US for a chance at asylum.
The Russians 34 as of Friday had been camped several days at the busiest US border crossing with Mexico, two days after local officials gently them to leave.
They sat on mats and blankets, checking smartphones,
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