Residents of the El Chaparral encampment are using the temporary chain-link fence as a clothesline.
In this image, we can see hundreds of children living at the El Chaparral campsite, cheering up to a person who passed the back a ball to kids, while they touch the semi-permanent chain-link fence (situated by Mexican authorities).
The new view of the accessible entrance for the tenants of El Chaparral Campsite in Tijuana, Baja California, just south of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
This is how the El Chaparral encampment looks, with municipal police officers monitoring the entry 24/7.
Trapped in Tijuana, thousands of asylum-seekers have been prevented from applying for asylum in the United States since Trump's rule, barring their entry after implementing Title 42 and MMP policies. In 2020, with Joe Biden winning the U.S. presidential election, he implied he would make good on his promise to end the approach that has forced them to wait in border cities - something that has not happened until now. However, mgrants must go through more than just waiting in border cities. Migrants must face discrimination, abuses, and rules of the Mexican authorities. It is more difficult for a migrant person to request asylum; many of these asylum-seekers are being forced to leave their homes because they are escaping violence, fleeing war, or seeking better economic opportunities.
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, by order of the Mexican authorities, police and city hall workers decided to show up at the El Chaparral migrant camp in Tijuana to establish a semi-permanent chain-link fence around the tents. The purpose of having a chain-link barrier was to conduct a census and to provide an ID card for every camp resident. Government workers on this evening started removing tents and trashing the belongings of migrants that were present and not present, without consideration. When residents of the campsite who were not present (many of whom were working) returned later, they found all their things, including important papers, had vanished. It was heartbreaking and depressing to find out their belongings and essential documents, which cost time and money to obtain, ended up in the garbage.
Also, by order of Mexican government, city hall workers cut off the electricity to the migrant camp in Tijuana. Residents at the Chaparral camp mentioned to a human rights organization that officer policies are not allowing any aid organizations, or group of volunteers to drop off any donations and supplies: assistance that many residents of the Chaparral camp benefited from.
Now there are Mexican officials at the entry of camp 24/7. Migrants are required to show their ID card every time they wish to enter the camp. Without this form of identification, no one is allowed to enter the campsite. Human rights, aid organizations, and volunteer groups who wish to enter the camp need to request a permit from Mexican authorities.
The actions taken by the Mexican government against the residents of the Chaparral encampment is to shut it down by the Mexican regime, leaving the residents of this camp hopeless and displaced. This campsite has been home for over a year for approximately 1,000 migrant residents looking for better opportunities to improve their life and their families.
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