This is what we've witnessed all day.
People from around the world hog
their phones out across the fen,
hoping that someone will charge their
phone so they can stay connected
with someone from their family.
We spoke to a teenage boy who fled his
home country of Jamaica for fear that
he would be killed just like his sister.
Hands reaching through the fence, Black,
brown, little girls, mothers, fathers.
All of these chance are people from around
the world now reaching for comf.
This Peruvian mother's barefoot.
She and her husband and two gir,
ages 5 and eight,
arrived in Tijuana last night.
She said that the journey from Peru to
the United States was not diffi,
but what's been the hardest
part is being here at this camp.
As Gloria Bravely shares her
story through a translator,
she's overcome with emotion.
She feels that at any moment she could
come in, and she feels that her country is
too chaotic and she's facing extortion.
Like many of these migrants,
they say they didn't know that
they'd have to beg for food,
water, blankets and diapers whie
waiting to get into the US wate.
I want surrounded by Border Patrol agents.
The desperation washes over their face. We
have ready from Jamaica.
Tyler is only 13 years old.
He says he fled Jamaica with his siblings
after his family was threatened.
My things up in them killing my sister. The
teen says that he hopes to be reunited
with his parents, who are in Brooklyn,
but he knows it won't be soon.
Here. All long you take. I know.
Does anybody need any napkins,
the stuff in their pocket for anything?
As the number of migrants grows,
so do the number of volunteers.
And no matter who you are,
what you believe in,
we all deserve food, shelter,
water, and to be taken care
of. Separated by a fence, they continue
to reach for hope in America, se
says it's been worth it.
She wipes away a tear from her .
At the US Mexico border in San
Ysidro, I'm Abby Black, CBS8.
Thank you, Abby.
Hopes and frustrations all
mundled into one emotion togethr
right here at the border.
There's quite a bit of people
here on the other side.
You could see this shot from the fence.
We are shooting through the fence right
now where you can see folks tryg
to find some semblance of realiy
in the situation that there are.
They are asking for trash bags,
picking up their trash,
trying to clear their areas that they're in.
But of course, trash bags are
also their shelter at this poin.
They have cardboard over their heads.
Some have thermal blankets aroud
them to be able to keep warm tht
they've gotten throughout the
nights that they've been out he.
This is a raw look at the
situation right now.
People from all kinds of countr,
some don't even speak the same languages.
This is not just a Latin American issue.
Some of them, again,
don't speak the same languages,
but figuring out ways to essenty
cohabitate in that piece of dirt right there,
that is American soil that you're looking at.
That is not Mexican soil.
That is.
An area between the two border walls,
right here in San Ysidro where
people are waiting in right the,
Of course.
We've been covering this from all kinds
of angles throughout the afternoon and
throughout the past couple of d.
CBSA's Richard Allen has been in Tijuana
for the past couple of days on the situation.
They're talking to folks who
are waiting there,
some in shelters,
trying to figure out if they wil
be able to seek asylum in the
United States when Title 42 end.
Richard.
Well, Jesse, that's right.
Here in Tijuana, there really remains
a lot of confusion over when exy
the end of Title 42 will mean for these
thousands of migrants who are staying
here in dozens of shelters throughout
this border city here in Tijuan.
Each of them with their own reasons why
they had to flee their home countries,
why they made the dangerous jouy
here to Tijuana in the 1st place
with the hope of eventually beig
able to make it to the United States.
Now we met with one migrant here staying
for the past three months in Tijuana.
He's from El Salvador.
He had been physically attacked with a
machete by a criminal gang back home.
His entire family's lives thread
another woman we spoke with
from Guatemala who's lesbian.
She came here with her partner
and their little girl,
escaping what she calls the homophobia
and extremely bad conditions
there and praying for a shot ata
better life in the United State.
Now adding to the confusion for
these migrants is the introductn
of new rules and restrictions
for seeking asylum in the US.
Such as requiring migrants who s
through another country to get to the US,
such as here in Mexico,
to prove that they first applier
asylum in a third country before being
able to ask for asylum in the U.
And also the requirement that migrants
use the CBP One app to 1st bookn
appointment with immigration officials.
A system that we are being toldy
migrants is filled with technicl
glitches and it's difficult to navigate.
Now, we spoke earlier with Nicole Rama.
She's director of the Border
Rights Project at Alta Lado.
That's a nonprofit which is working on
the ground here in Tijuana with migrants,
helping provide them legal guide
and also countering the misinformation
that's being disseminated.
It's because smugglers,
organized crime and other individuals
that lacks gruples provide information
that benefits them to the migra.
And so that is always a concern for us.
And again, we
would not be in this position had the
government provided accurate and timely
information in multiple languag.
And that nonprofit, Al Otado La,
along with a lot of other nonprofits are
working with migrants directly in the
shelter to provide them with legal guidance.
Now coming up at 6:30 here on C,
we'll hear from more of these migrants,
their own experiences as they to
navigate the asylum process. Je.
Richard, not just a situation for us in
the US but also in Mexico along the border.
Richard Allen, live for us from Tijuana.
Richard, thank you.
Now as this all continues to go,
we have a lot of legal layers to all of this,
of course, when it comes to
immigration law and also just.
You know how we move forward wih
all the different departments
in the legal sense of it all.
I want to bring in Margaret Cari
from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
Margaret, you are in the law
side of all of this.
You've been kind of keeping
taps through that for this for
weeks at this point I assume.
What is,
what has been your involvement so far?
The organization provides legal
services to people in Tijuana.
We have been trying to help
individuals that want to seek asylum.
the United States complete
the CBP One application,
which has been very problematic,
and we try to share information
on options right now for people.
Now, Margaret, from your standpt
in the legal side of it all,
what are we seeing here?
We see obviously a lot of peopl,
a bit of a humanitarian situati,
but what are we seeing here?
Why is this happening here?
We're seeing people from
all parts of the world.
I met a woman from Somalia who's pregnant,
who had to flee al Shabaab.
But we're seeing people
from Iran and Venezuela.
We're seeing people in need of
protection from persecution.
It's a humanitarian issue that
needs a humanitarian response.
Now, of course we are focused here on the US,
but is this only happening in the US?
Is this happening in other countries?
And if not, why is it happening here?
We've seen in throughout the hiy
of the world that people unfortunately
have to plead flee persecution.
And we've seen that people fleeg
persecution have had to go to or
countries such as Canada and the northern
border and other parts of the w.
And the United States also has o
play a role in helping these pe.
Now one big part of all of
this has been misinformation.
Confusion on a lot of people's parts,
American parts, charity parts,
the government part,
but also obviously the migrant .
Where is all of this confusion coming
from and and how can we dispel it? Well,
there have been a lot of
changes in the law recently.
The Biden administration annound
just yesterday about the.
What's going to happen
after the end of Title 42,
which has at 9:00 PM tonight,
the government's going to
implement expedited removal?
The government has created new policies
for people from certain countri.
And so a lot of new information
causes a lot of confusion.
And unfortunately,
the people that you see behind
me don't have access to counsel.
They're going to be placed in
detention facilities where theyl
be reviewed within 48 hours.
And many of them unfortunately
will not have the adequate
information they need
for people who. Might have, you know,
family members here in the US who have
people in this situation or people who
might be thinking maybe I, you ,
want to take the chance and go o
the border and take my chances there.
What is your best legal advice at this
point for them to pass on if they can?
Well, right
now we have to remind everyone
that if they come to the border,
the United States government
is requiring people that pass
through a third country to apply
through asylum there first.
If not, they should try to
apply for the C BP1 application.
Otherwise they're not going to e
eligible for asylum in the United States.
Unfortunately, the Biden administration
has severely restricted asylum,
disappointingly so,
and it's something that
we're hoping can change.
Are you expecting a lot of changes to
come with the immigration policy or laws
within the next coming weeks or months?
Well, yes, because the administration
has implemented some temporary measures.
The asylum ban for instance,
that that it has implemented is
a two year, two year measure.
And we've seen that the Biden
administration has continually
taken restrictive measures in
response to a humanitarian issu.
But we hope that the Biden
administration can comply with e
promises made during the campaign and
and respond to this in a humane.
Margaret, I'm sure quite the busy weeks
ahead for you as well on the law side.
Margaret Cargilly with Immigrant
Defenders Law Center. Margaret,
thank you so much for being with us here,
especially on the border
live as we are right now.
Margaret, again, thank you very much.
Marcella, I want to bring you back in
and kind of wrap up our point right now.
So you just heard from Margaret
on the legal side of things.
And of course,
for days now we've been reportig
on the human aspect of all of t.
Marcella, Jesse,
so frustrating because.
With just a couple hours left until Title
42 expires tonight at 9:00 o'cl,
there's still so much uncertain,
a lot of speculation,
but we will have to wait and see what
happens as the people who are ry
being affected and waiting witht
many resources let you see a sme
right there are the people waitg
on the other side of the border.
Thanks so much.
We will check in with you in just a bit,
Jesse. Thanks.
We will have our CBS8 crews live
at the border throughout our nit
working for you as Title 42 aga,
set to expire in less than 4 ho,
9:00 o'clock tonight.
Make sure to stay with CBS8 forl
updates on the ending of Title .
We'll have the latest developmes
posted on our website,
cbs8.com,
as well as on our social media
pages and our CBS8 app.