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Héctor Ríos Morales

Over 10,000 Migrants Deported by ICE Have Arrived at a Tijuana Mega Shelter So Far This Year

The multi-story building, previously called Flamingos Eventos and used as an event venue, can house up to 2,600 people per day. (Credit: Via El Sol de México)

Thousands of migrants deported under the Trump administration's hardline policies have ended up in the border city of Tijuana, where a mega-shelter has housed 12,000 people through the end of November.

That's according to María José Juárez Becerra, director of Baja California's Migrant Affairs Office, who said the migrants arriving there either violated the terms of their U.S. visas, were arrested in ICE raids or were detained during the asylum process. She also noted that there have been many cases of people who chose to return on their own.

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