The Tablet April 15, 2021
Migrants demonstrate at the Mexico-U.S. San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, March 2, 2021. They want U.S. President Joe Biden to allow them to apply for asylum. (Photo: CNS/Jorge Duenes, Reuters)
MANHATTAN As migrants from Mexico and Central America flee north and the United States deports hundreds of migrants a day, advocates on the Mexico side of the border say they’re bearing the brunt of both realities.
In Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, Father Pat Murphy blames a combination of migrants’ misinformed asylum expectations, limited shelter space due to COVID-19, and U.S. Title 42 expulsions for creating the present situation.