Thanks for watching,
everyone. I'm Eric Connor
and I'm not at Iran.
Poor glad to have you with
us here at 11:00. O'clock.
We are working through you righw
to cover every angle on the cris
since the end of Title 42. Chris
Crow has more where migrants
are being taken in San Diego.
Here, Kelly has it all, covering what
the shift back to Title 8 means.
And Dana Marie Mcnichol is tracg
changes for the app that asylum seekers
have to use to book appointment.
We do want to begin with Chris Grove for
a look at where migrants are being taken.
That's a big question throughoun
Diego County. Good morning, Chr.
Good morning here.
And we're at a shelter that is
currently being operated by Catc
Charities in Mission Valley at a hotel.
And we got to tell you,
there has been quite a bit of activity
here that's been happening rece.
In fact, if you take a look
at your screen right now,
we'll show you some video of
some of the buses that have been
going in and out of this propery
and many of them again carrying.
Some of those migrants who weree
to advance in the process be abe
to enter into the United Statesf
America for that asylum process.
Now what we're being told happes
here is that with specifically
the Catholic Charities shelters
that migrants aren't staying moe
than maybe a couple of days.
In fact, in a statement that they sent us,
they said that asylum seekers sy
between .8 to 1.6 days at a tim.
Really, these shelters?
Are meant to help connect them h
resources whether that be a spor
family or actual again family
members that they may know tryig
to get them close to the locatin
of where their court date is.
Trying to provide them with transportation,
food,
water and again shelter After
spending quite some time there
in some of those really terrible
conditions that we've seen there
close to the border now San Dieo
rapid response network as well s
Jewish family service also operating.
Shelters, and I do want to share a statement.
If you take a look at your scren
right there of what SDRRN did tell us,
they said that they're going
to continue to assist the most
vulnerable arriving asylum seek,
with additional collaboration ad
communication needed between all
levels of government and other
partner organizations to ensure
that no one stands alone in.
Our community, so again,
that being Jewish family service as well
as San Diego rapid response net,
but back out here live,
we're continuing to see again
buses both leaving and arriving.
When they're arriving,
they're dropping off those migrants and
they're being taken care of at the shelter.
And then again,
the big question that so many he
during this process is what is ?
And for many of them still
unclear at this time,
back to you.
That's right.
And we are here along the border fence.
And I'm told that you actually,
there are more people here
today compared to yesterday.
Take a look.
You can see for yourself
further West of here.
There are a couple more encampms
just like this one that are
mostly made-up of single men.
But you can see for yourself
there are lots of people out he,
lots of women and children,
people from all over the world,
living in this sort of open
air detention center waiting to
be picked up by Border Patrol.
But it's important to note that
even when they are picked up,
it does not mean they're automatically
allowed to stay in the US In fa,
far from it.
Take a listen
from here they will go to a
Border Patrol station where it's
a large room with 50 people.
It's a concrete one restroom that's open.
That's what it means.
It's very similar to, like,
jail cell conditions.
It's not a good place.
Now, that was Pedro Rios with
American Friends Service Commit.
Now, he has been out here every
day for the past several months.
Around 9:00 AM today,
I'm told a group of women and
children were taken away from
here by Border Patrol agents,
presumably taken to one of those detention
centers that Rios talked about e
they can remain for up to 72 ho.
Now, the initial interview proc,
the credible fear interview is one that
I've told a lot of people will not pass.
The threshold is very high.
And if that happens, if they dot
make it through it at the deportation.
Process begins, I'm told migrants have a
very short window of time to fight that,
and most end up being deported o
Mexico or back to their home countries.
So a lot of the people that you see out here,
no matter how long it took for
them to get here,
how far they traveled,
there is a good chance they will
have spent just a lot of time ot
here in unsanitary conditions,
all to be just denied entry to the US.
So back out here live and what
you're looking at right now,
a makeshift sort of cell phone charging
center right here along the border fence,
you can say maybe.
10 or 20 of cell phones sitting there.
This is one of two that I have
seen out here this morning.
And now for the latest though on
app that we're told that a CBP s
telling migrants that they have to use.
Let's send it to Dana Marie Mcnichol.
Dana Marie.
Well, Kelly, a lot of them we spoke to,
like you said, have been tryingo
access the CBP One app for a while now,
but have had a lot of issues like glitches,
the app crashing.
But we have somewhat of a positive update.
We're learning that the app has now added
more appointments and they've started
to prioritize those who have signed up.
Now I do want to break down
exactly what this means.
So they're transitioning to a nw
appointment scheduling system,
making appointments available.
For 23 hours each day instead
of a designated time.
Now this allows for more flexiby
and access to scheduling.
C BP1 App will also increase the
number of appointments available
to approximately 1000 each day.
Right now,
all the appointments become
available at the same time,
but with these changes,
noncitizens will have enough
time to make requests and confim
appointments at their convenien.
This is to help reduce pressure,
pressure and dependency on
Internet and connectivity,
which has also been a
big problem for migrants.
Another major issue is
dealing with smugglers.
Now, To cut them out,
the app is prioritizing appointments for
those who have been waiting the longest.
It's important to note that in
order to schedule an appointmen,
you must be in central or
northern Mexico to both request.
And confirm one.
Now we're CBS8 reporter Richard Allen.
He's been in Tijuana speaking to
people who finally got an appointment.
Spero Polameno. Jamie Pusher on
the importer. Like while
your 10. OK, Sperar me.
And he was saying that, of cour,
he finally has a time scheduled where
he is now going to wait For more
information about how to process
through an appointment on the CV P1 app.
It's nice to hear that they're really
making an effort to make it somt
easier and clearer for these migrants,
because it's really been a
tough situation for them.
I'm Dana Marie,
coming to you from San Ysidro.
And we do want to give you a look at the
current wait times right now at the border.
80 minutes for the general line
at the Santa Cedar Port of Entry
that just actually changed to 70
minutes a short time ago and 70
minutes at Otay Mesa Port of En.
Keep in mind though,
the actual wait times may be a
little longer because Customs ad
Border Protection that doesn't
account for the time it takes to
drive through the streets of Tia
to get to the ports of entry.
So if you are going to be going that way,
make sure you give yourself extra time.
And you know, this morning we we
reporting live out there all morning long,
seeing signs like this with
migrant families, of course,
still camping out of the border,
adults, young children, babies.
I was down in San Ysidro all
morning right here looking at t,
and I spoke to people who have n
there some for five to six days.
At night time they tell me it is cold.
During the day it's extremely h.
I spoke to one man in Spanish
about what it was like.
He was actually at the fence.
Begging for some toothpaste because he just
woken up and that's what he really wanted.
Just to try to find a little comfort,
take a listen now to his plea for the United
States.
They saw the translation there.
It's horrible.
The conditions are they've realy
been struggling for days there.
If you do want to help,
a lot of you have reached out to
us asking how you can do so wel.
Donations are greatly needed.
Where this specific campsite ths
makes it makeshift campsite is,
is right around Monument Rd.
And Dairy Mart Rd.
They're saying if you want to
drop off bottled water or food,
nonperishable type food, that could help.
Diapers certainly needed.
And then sweaters or jackets and blankets.
That's what they need,
especially at night,
since they're all out there
sleeping on the floor.
So what's Mexico doing about this crisis?
We reached out to the consul
general of Mexico in San Diego,
and they tell us Mexican officis
promote legal border crossings d
urge migrants to avoid smuggler.
The consulate also tells us Mexn
officials working with the US to
secure complex sites at the borr
there and to provide humanitarian aid.
Migrants can also ask for refuge in Mexico.
The office in Tijuana says 330 migrants
requested refuge in the month of April.
Today, Homeland Security will se
more information from migrants o
are requesting asylum and anyone
who wants to learn more about te
end of Title 42 and what changes
are now in store at the border .
Is happening on the DHS Facebook page.
In fact, you can tune into it le
right now for the US Embassy in Mexico.
That's who's hosting it,
so you can check that out at this moment.
We'll try to have a recap for you of what
they are saying as well later on today.
And here at CBS8,
we're always working for you toy
on top of all the changes that e
happening at the US Mexico bord.
We know this is a huge deal
here in our region.
We're gonna have the latest
developments on cbs8.com right
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