Tijuana is experiencing record violence. Asylum-seekers forced to wait there fear for their lives. DaniellaLSilva reports from Mexico: (1/11)
R.T. told the judge he was afraid to return to Tijuana. He hoped to stay in the U.S. for the remainder of his asylum case, a process that can take months or longer.the Trump administration began returning some migrants to MexicoNow, hundreds of migrants are in R.T.’s shoes, stuck in Mexico between court dates in the U.S., living in border towns that some say feel just as dangerous as the home they fled.
“You’re left speechless, breathless,” R.T. said. “It feels like they are cutting off your life, the hope of continuing to live.”against the policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico, arguing that it puts migrants’ safety at risk. Albert, 35, was sent back to Mexico after seeking asylum at the U.S. border and told to wait there for his case to be heard.He had barely eaten or slept in anticipation. The night before the hearing, dozens of other asylum-seekers gathered around him and prayed together for God to help him.
Most of the asylum-seekers at the Friday hearing did not have lawyers. Migrants are given a list of attorneys who will work for free or at low cost, but Zwiers said she has seen migrants spend all day on their phones dialing through the list, unable to reach anyone. Villarreal, R.T.’s lawyer, said there are many logistical obstacles facing asylum-seekers in Tijuana. Even once they find lawyers, many move from shelter to shelter with no fixed address. R.T. has trouble charging his phone, and other times he doesn’t have money to buy internet service.
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