Migrants plot next move as tensions in Tijuana heighten
by Kate Linthicum, Cindy Carcamo and Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
Nov 27, 2018
4 minutes
TIJUANA, Mexico - For thousands of Central Americans packed into a sports complex in Tijuana that's crowded with tents and smells strongly of sewage, the journey has only gotten harder.
After a clash at the border Sunday, United States authorities closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry for more than four hours to make sure no one would cross. The U.S. Northern Command in recent days has sent 300 extra troops to California to help with border security. On the Mexican side, authorities said they arrested 39 migrants and are deporting 98 others linked to the fracas.
President Donald Trump on Monday called on Mexico to send "flag waving Migrants, many of whom
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