Tijuana mayor: Caravan influx to last at least 6 months

 

November 16, 2018



TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — With about 3,000 Central American migrants having reached the Mexican border across from California and thousands more anticipated, the mayor of Tijuana said Friday that the city was preparing for an influx that will last at least six months and may have no end in sight.

Juan Manuel Gastelum said there were 2,750 migrants from the caravan in Tijuana and that estimates by Mexico's federal government indicate the number could approach 10,000.

"No city in the world is prepared to receive this — if I'm allowed — this avalanche," he said during a news conference at C...



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