It is estimated that under the policy nearly 70,000 people were sent back to Mexico between 2019 and 2021 to await their cases, according to a report from the non-partisan organization American Immigration Council. The San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry was the first along the border to implement it.

As deportations continued, a new federal shelter was set up in Tijuana to provide a safe space and support. It is one of nine reception centers along the border as part of the “Mexico Embraces You” initiative.

Under the policy, enacted during his first administration, asylum seekers arriving at the border were sent back to Mexico to await their immigration court dates in the United States. Albert Rivera, who runs the Agape migrant shelter in Tijuana, said the ...

Tijuana Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz says he will not lift an emergency declaration he made last month as a way to prepare for mass deportations from the United States.

Jose Luis Perez Canchola warned that the city was not prepared for President Trump’s plan for mass deportations and the cancellation of asylum appointments.

The president moved quickly to cancel the CBP One app, which allowed migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States, turning away potentially tens of thousands of migrants.

Naser Zazai, 29, had planned to reunite with his mother and brother in the United States this week after fleeing Afghanistan, where he says he was threatened and attacked because his brother had once worked for the U.

President Trump took action to close the nation’s southern border and terminate a widely used app. Many migrants expressed despair, and some moved to cross the border anyway.

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.

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As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, lawmakers in some Democratic-led states are proposing new ways to resist his efforts.

Migrant shelters in Tijuana — located across the border from San Diego, California — are bracing for a possible surge in the influx of migrants should US President Donald Trump carry out his mass deportation plan.