TIJUANA – It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
At the camp in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, some 1,500 migrants line up for hot meals under a canopy-covered kitchen, children play soccer and volunteers in orange jackets rotate on security patrol.
People pay to use the bathroom at a pharmacy or travel agency across the street and to shower at a hotel on the corner. Badly misinformed, the migrants harbor false hope that President Joe Biden will open entry to the United States briefly and without notice.
Or they think he may announce a plan that will put them first in line to claim asylum, though he hasn't said anything to support that