More unaccompanied minors are arriving to migrant shelters in Tijuana, authorities reported, even though overall numbers have been decreasing over the past months.
Enrique Lucero, director of Migrant Affairs in Tijuana, told Border Report this answers to a combination of three factors: those who end up in shelters after unsuccessfully attempting to cross the border; minors who go to the area before their parents, who hope to meet them in the future; and those who are left behind by parents as they attempt to get into the country. "There's a belief that unaccompanied minors are accepted into the United States immediately and given asylum," Lucero said.
