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Cars line up to cross into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, on the U.S.–Mexico border on March 31st, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico.

News in Brief

What Would Closing the Border Mean for the Thousands of American Citizens Who Cross It Each Day for Work?

If President Donald Trump were to close the border, these people's daily lives (and in many cases, their livelihoods), would be deeply affected.

Jack Herrera

Social Justice

An Invisible Fentanyl Crisis Is Emerging on Mexico’s Northern Border

The powerful painkiller has led to a considerable spike in overdoses in some border cities, but users are finding little support in trying to combat the scourge.

Arthur Debruyne

Carlos Catarlo Gomez returns to Mexico from the United States on January 29th, 2019.

Social Justice

An Asylum Seeker Has Been Returned to Tijuana Under Trump’s ‘Return to Mexico’ Policy

As a Honduran man was returned to Mexico under the new plan, questions remained unanswered on both sides of the border.

Jack Herrera

Central American migrants run away from tear gas after they try to cross from Tijuana into California on January 1st, 2019.

Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas at Migrants Attempting to Cross the U.S. Border in Tijuana (in Photos)

A group of 150 migrants had approached the border barrier in an attempt to cross, and, after the tear gas was fired, the clash escalated.

Jack Herrera

Two migrants wash in the rudimentary bathing area inside the pavilion for children and families.

Social Justice

A Look Inside a Migrant Shelter in Tijuana

A defunct nightclub in the south of the city now hosts the thousands of migrants who arrived in the two caravans from Central America.

Jack Herrera

A family of three from Honduras crosses the border wall on the beach in Tijuana, Mexico, before surrendering to Border Patrol on the other side on December 13th, 2018.

Social Justice

In Tijuana, Some Migrant Families Choose Detention Over a Tent City

Migrants planning to cross, both legally and illegally, say they fear Customs and Border Patrol detention. But because asylum-seekers entering legally are also detained, many still decide to cross the border illegally.

Jack Herrera

Even though the migrant shelter at Benito Juárez sports complex was closed and condemned as unsanitary, over 300 migrants remain camped on the street outside the complex.

Social Justice

‘I’m Not Letting the Other Side Out of My Sights’: Why Some Migrants in Tijuana Refuse to Use the New Indoor Shelter

Though the government has opened a large indoor shelter in Tijuana for members of the caravan, around 350 migrants remain in a tent village against the border.

Jack Herrera

Two migrants lean against a rail next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on August 10th, 2018.

Social Justice

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Provoking Insecurity at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The administration's mass deportations and refusal to take in escapees from disaster may be fueling organized crime in Tijuana and other border towns.

Massoud Hayoun

Economics

Tijuana Is Fighting to Support Migrants, One Cerveza at a Time

People across the border are brewing an inventive, new way of keeping America's castaways afloat.

Massoud Hayoun