‘There is no plan’: migrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations

Migrants at the Paso del Norte international border bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on 17 January. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

It is cold and quiet in Casa del Migrante, a shelter in Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border. A group of men play dominoes, another shoots hoops alone, and a young couple watch their kids play with superhero toys.

“Some people get here and don’t want to go back outside,” said Ivonne López, a social worker. “They’re afraid.”