Reality sets in for migrants at border
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Nov 17, 2018
4 minutes
TIJUANA, Mexico - He ran a produce stand back in Honduras, but Richard Umanzor said he's willing to take any work available - in whatever country will grant him entry.
He and more than 2,000 other migrants who have arrived in this border city in the last few days can see California with their own eyes. But they are starting to realize they may never get there.
"We all came here looking to go to the United States, but now we can see how complicated that is," Umanzor, 26, said as others nodded in agreement Friday at a sports complex-turned-migrant camp a block
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