Less than 48 hours ago, Hernández, 45, was deported to Tijuana after 25 years as an undocumented migrant in southern California. The city’s dark underbelly of drugs and violence can also swallow up deported migrants. It’s 7am and already there’s a queue outside the downtown Salesian Father Chava soup kitchen as dozens of volunteers – deported migrants and churchgoers – prepare breakfast for the city’s homeless, unemployed, or disabled. I won’t let Trump beat me.”Around 20% of those deported to Tijuana try to return to the US, unable to let it go. Now, nine out of 10 men passing through are deported migrants, with 35% banished after at least 11 years in the US.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2017 11:00 UTC