SAN DIEGO — The mass flight cancellations that have disrupted travel plans for many around the United States are continuing to complicate the situation in San Diego for arriving asylum seekers and the people who work to support them.
Over the long holiday weekend, Border Patrol left hundreds of migrants at bus stops around San Diego County without any support to reach their final destinations around the country.
Normally, migrants stay no more than a few days in the care of local shelters before traveling on to their loved ones across the United States. But with winter weather and holiday travel — along with the collapse of Southwest Airlines' flight schedule — shelters haven't been able to move migrants onward as quickly as usual, meaning there is less capacity to receive new arrivals.
