Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Deported migrants protest in Tijuana

A demand to end to nighttime deportations

Dozens of deported migrants marched throughout Tijuana’s San Ysidro border region on August 7 in protest of the conditions they are forced into upon deportation.

The protest was organized by Alianza Migrante Tijuana and Ángeles sin Fronteras, as well as an alliance of other NGOs. Activities began at 11 a.m. at “El Mapa,” a square in the city’s northern district that was previously occupied by migrants as a make-shift shelter.

Sponsored
Sponsored

It was precisely a year ago that city police evicted the deported migrants from the square and sent them to find shelter elsewhere in the city. El Mapa lies just along “El Bordo,” the canal that cuts through the city and has become home to many of the city’s homeless population.

From El Mapa, deportees and supporters moved across the canal and to the San Ysidro border crossing, where protesters lined up and rallied between the vehicles along the U.S.-Mexico border. They demanded that the American government commit to a complete overhaul of immigration policies. The consensus is that although Barack Obama has been one of the presidents that has promised the most regarding immigration, he has also reportedly deported more people than any other president.

Both organizers and migrants allege that the U.S. federal government often releases detainees in the middle of the night, despite few migrant shelters within walking distance being closed at that hour.

“It’s here that the problem begins,” said Lourdes Lizardi López, an organizer for Ángeles Sin Fronteras. “This is why we’re also demanding an end to nighttime deportations.”

Dumped into the city’s Zona Norte district — known for the availability of prostitutes and drugs — migrants are often harassed by the police, as they are labeled by the U.S. government as criminals. As one migrant said, “The worst thing about it is when the police search me. They open my bag and they just dump my things on to the dirty floor. Things that I’ve tried so hard to collect. Hygienic products, like my toothbrush,” he said and paused. “How can I get a job if I’m not even presentable? To the police, we and our things are just garbage.”

There at the San Ysidro crossing, Sergio Tamai Quintero — a principal organizer of the Alianza Migrante Tijuana — shouted into a megaphone, saying, “What is needed here is a coordination. We are asking both countries to initiate a thorough reform.”

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Melissa Etheridge, The Imaginary Amazon

Events April 1-April 3, 2024

Dozens of deported migrants marched throughout Tijuana’s San Ysidro border region on August 7 in protest of the conditions they are forced into upon deportation.

The protest was organized by Alianza Migrante Tijuana and Ángeles sin Fronteras, as well as an alliance of other NGOs. Activities began at 11 a.m. at “El Mapa,” a square in the city’s northern district that was previously occupied by migrants as a make-shift shelter.

Sponsored
Sponsored

It was precisely a year ago that city police evicted the deported migrants from the square and sent them to find shelter elsewhere in the city. El Mapa lies just along “El Bordo,” the canal that cuts through the city and has become home to many of the city’s homeless population.

From El Mapa, deportees and supporters moved across the canal and to the San Ysidro border crossing, where protesters lined up and rallied between the vehicles along the U.S.-Mexico border. They demanded that the American government commit to a complete overhaul of immigration policies. The consensus is that although Barack Obama has been one of the presidents that has promised the most regarding immigration, he has also reportedly deported more people than any other president.

Both organizers and migrants allege that the U.S. federal government often releases detainees in the middle of the night, despite few migrant shelters within walking distance being closed at that hour.

“It’s here that the problem begins,” said Lourdes Lizardi López, an organizer for Ángeles Sin Fronteras. “This is why we’re also demanding an end to nighttime deportations.”

Dumped into the city’s Zona Norte district — known for the availability of prostitutes and drugs — migrants are often harassed by the police, as they are labeled by the U.S. government as criminals. As one migrant said, “The worst thing about it is when the police search me. They open my bag and they just dump my things on to the dirty floor. Things that I’ve tried so hard to collect. Hygienic products, like my toothbrush,” he said and paused. “How can I get a job if I’m not even presentable? To the police, we and our things are just garbage.”

There at the San Ysidro crossing, Sergio Tamai Quintero — a principal organizer of the Alianza Migrante Tijuana — shouted into a megaphone, saying, “What is needed here is a coordination. We are asking both countries to initiate a thorough reform.”

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

March is typically windy, Sage scents in the foothills

Butterflies may cross the county
Next Article

San Diego's Uptown Planners challenged by renters from Vibrant Uptown

Two La Jolla planning groups fight for predominance
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.