Organized Mass Tijuana Border Crossing Draws Attention to Broken Homes Richard Marosi - The Los Angeles Times
go to original March 11, 2014

A mass rally took place Monday at the Otay Mesa border crossing; it was all in an effort to reunite loved ones who are separated by the international border. (San Diego 6)

With activists cheering them on, dozens of people deported in recent years crossed the border into San Diego on Monday and formally requested permission to return to their former homes in the United States.

The coordinated event was held to draw attention to U.S. deportation policies and was the third of its kind since last year, when similar events were held in Arizona and Texas. Organizers hope the movement grows and puts pressure on policymakers to fix immigration laws that they say break apart families.

The people who crossed from Tijuana on Monday — estimated at about 40 by organizers — included young men and women illegally brought into the U.S. as children. Some donned graduation gowns as they walked into the Otay Mesa port of entry. Others were middle-age people who hoped to reunite with their U.S.-born children.

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