Central American Immigrants Reach Tijuana to Request Political Asylum in the U.S.

More than 200 immigrants are fleeing violence from their home countries

By Ángel García2017-05-08T17:54:46+00:00

More than 200 immigrants from Central American countries such as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, have arrived since Saturday to Tijuana as part of the caravan hoping to request and receive political asylum to the United States.

Traveling over 4,000 miles, crossing the southern border, as well as the different checkpoints to reach Tijuana, migrants come with the hope of crossing to the United States fleeing the monster of violence.

Threatened by the Maras, most of them left behind their families to undertake the trip. The men took the dangerous and risky road to the train, while women, assisted by different civil organizations, arrived in private vehicles.

Picture by: Ángel García/ SanDiegoRed.com

This large group of migrants is the first documented that arrives in an organized way from the southern border of the country with the intention of requesting asylum to the United States.

They didn't care about the weather conditions in our city.

Although they all came with the intention of trying the asylum petition, others thought it would be better to stay in Mexico because they do not want to return deported to their country where their life is in danger and where they will surely remained threatened.

With few belongings and even barefoot, they arrived this Saturday to Tijuana the other part of the caravan. Picture by: Ángel García/ SanDiegoRed.com

Nor did the rain prevent men, women and children from walking from the downtown area towards the "El Chaparral" border crossing facility where they will meet American authorities and request asylum.

One by one crossed the door to enter the facility.

At the end, only 73 from the large amount of people entered the American side. The rest of them preferred to try their luck on the Mexican side. Many of them who met on the journey from their countries shed tears in the uncertainty of not knowing if they will see each other again.