Hundreds of US Deportees Find Shelter in Tijuana's Constitution Square EFE
go to original December 19, 2013

In August, law enforcement in Tijuana evicted hundreds of people who live in makeshift homes on the banks of the Tijuana river. Fronteras reporter Adrian Florido visited to see how these people, among Tijuana's most destitute, are faring. (KPBSSanDiego)

TIJUANA - Immigrants deported from the United States are finding shelter here in a camp established just a short distance from the border.

The camp, located in Tijuana's Constitution Square, was set up by the Angeles Sin Fronteras (Angels Without Borders) organization because of the need for a place to house deportees seeking work in a city with which most of them are unfamiliar.

ASF's Javier Reyes told Efe that there are about 700 people living in the camp, but he added that "many have already gone because (they've gotten) no moral support from the authorities."

He said that since the camp was opened five months ago the people there have survived thanks to donations of food, blankets and clothing.

"The people who remain longer, it's because their family is nearby, in California," said Reyes. "It's easy for their relatives to come here to visit them on the weekend."

Others remain in the city because they're holding out the hope of returning quickly to the United States, where they have family and a life, while in Mexico they don't know anyone.

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