TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A waiting game that plays out each day in Tijuana, Mexico, gives a glimpse of what the Central American migrants making their way northward in a giant caravan could face if they ever reach the U.S. border.
At Tijuana, people desiring asylum in the United States have to wait more than a month to proceed to the American side and make their case.
To make things easier, an informal system has been set up on the Mexican side in which the migrants are issued numbers. Every morning, the numbers of those who can go across to San Diego are read out.
That spares them from having to stand in line or sleep out in the open.
