TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) – A steady stream of immigrants from Central America have found ways to climb, pass under the wall or sneak across the US border wall to lay their feet on American soil and ask for asylum.
In recent weeks, Joel Mendez, a Honduran migrant, fed his eight-month-old son, Daniel, before handing him over to his partner, Yesenia Martinez, who had crawled through a hole in the softened earth under the wall. .
A group Young people jumped over the wall to San Ysidro, California, hoping their ticket for a better life would finally be within reach. A migrant offered help to help others jump on American territory.
They all tried to avoid the long official delay on the Mexican side to seek asylum in the United States by crossing the wall and relying on US agents. . Last week, the US Customs and Border Protection Service said the San Diego area had seen a "slight rise" among families entering the United States illegally in an attempt ;asylum.
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Joel Mendez, a 22-year-old Honduran migrant, passes his eight-month-old son Daniel through a hole located under the US border wall to his partner, Yesenia Martinez, 24, who had already been there. Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, December 7, 2018. Moments later, Martinez went to the Border Guard, while Mendez stayed in Tijuana to go to work, fearing he would be deported if he crossed. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
Central American migrants planning to visit patrollers on the US border cross the US border from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday, December 3, 2018. Thousands of migrants live in overcrowded tent cities in the Mexican city of Tijuana after a grueling multi-week trip to the US border. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
In a photo taken from Playas in Tijuana, Mexico, Honduran migrants cross a section of the US border fence before surrendering to border control officers on Sunday, December 2, 2018. A growing number of Central American migrants have found ways to climb, tunnel or sneak across the US border to land on US soil and seek asylum. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
Honduran migrants crossing the border into the United States helped other family members cross the wall in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday, December 2, 2018 Thousands of migrants have traveled by caravan to seek asylum in the United States, but face a decision between waiting months or crossing illegally, as the US government treats only a limited number of cases a day at the border between San Ysidro and San Diego. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Honduran migrant Joel Mendez, 22, feeds his eight-month-old son, Daniel, while his partner, 24-year-old Yesenia Martinez, crawls Friday in Tijuana, Mexico. , December 7, 2018. Moments later, Martinez went to the border guards, while Mendez remained in Tijuana to go to work, saying he feared being deported if he crossed. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
24-year-old Yesenia Martinez is carrying her eight-month-old son Daniel while looking for a place to cross the US border wall and get to the patrol of the United States. borders and seek asylum in Tijuana, Mexico. On Friday, December 7, 2018. Martinez went to the Border Guard, while his partner, Joel Mendez, was staying in Tijuana to work, claiming he was afraid to be deported there. happening. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
A woman climbs to the US border wall, in order to surrender to US Border Patrol officers and seek asylum, while she passes from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, December 3, 2018. Often Within minutes, border guards arrive quickly to escort migrants to detention centers and begin "credible fear" interviews. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
A woman holding a baby looks across the fence at the US border as she was trying to reach a crossing point where many migrants have been crossing in recent days, now blocked by private security, in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Legal groups argue that the federal law states that immigrants can apply for asylum regardless of how they enter the US . (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
22-year-old Honduran migrant, Leivi Ortega, wearing a rosary, looks at her phone while she, her partner and their young girl wait in the door Hoping to cross the US border from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, December 5, 2018. In early December, the US Customs and Border Protection Service declared that the San Diego area had experienced a "slight increase" among families entering the United States illegally in order to apply for asylum. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
24-year-old Yesenia Martinez returns to the south side of San Diego, California, to take her baby's bottle after crossing Tijuana, Mexico on Friday, December 7, 2018 Martinez is part of a wave of central Americans crossing the towering barrier between Mexico and California and speeding up their asylum claims by easily traveling to US agents. (AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)
A Honduran migrant helps a girl cross the US side of the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, December 2, 2018. In November, President Donald Trump issued a suspended proclamation Asylum rights for people trying to illegally enter the United States from Mexico, although a divided US court of appeal has refused to immediately authorize it. Trump administration to apply the ban. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Cesar Jobet, a Salvadoran migrant, and Daniel Jeremias Cruz hiding US border officials after digging a hole in the sand under the border wall and surrendering on the US side in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, November 30, 2018. When the two youths were detected by agents, they returned home on the Mexican side. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant walks with his son in his arms after crossing the US border wall with the intention of going to the US Border Patrol agents in order to Seeking asylum, seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, November 29, 2018. By two or three, sometimes even dozens, migrants arrive at the US border wall and manage to cross. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant walks with his son in his arms after crossing the wall separating the United States from Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, in Tijuana (Mexico), Thursday, November 29, 2018 Aid Workers and humanitarian organizations expressed concern on Thursday about the unhealthy conditions at the Tijuana Sports Complex, where more than 6,000 Central Americans are accommodated in space to accommodate half of the population and lice infestations. and respiratory infections are commonplace. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant walks with his son in his arms after crossing the wall separating the United States from Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, in Tijuana (Mexico), Thursday, November 29, 2018 Aid Workers and humanitarian organizations expressed concern on Thursday about the unhealthy conditions at the Tijuana Sports Complex, where more than 6,000 Central Americans are accommodated in space to accommodate half of the population and lice infestations. and respiratory infections are commonplace. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant walks after crossing the US-Mexico border from Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday, November 29, 2018. Humanitarian workers and humanitarian organizations voiced their concerns Thursday about the unhealthy conditions at the Tijuana Sports Complex, where more than 6,000 Central American migrants are congregated in enough space to accommodate half as many people and where lice infestations and respiratory infections are commonplace . (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
On a photo taken from Tijuana, Mexico, on the side of the border wall, a guard on the American side, on the left, watches Honduran migrants cross the wall in the United States, Sunday, December 2, 2018. Thousands of migrants who have traveled by caravan are seeking asylum in the United States, but must make a decision between months of waiting and an illegal crossing, as the US government only deals with A limited number of cases a day at the border with San Ysidro in San Diego. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
On a photo taken from Tijuana, Mexico, next to the border, two immigrants on American soil are trying to cross the second wall before the arrival of border police and arrested on Sunday, December 2, 2018. Thousands of migrants who have traveled by caravan are seeking asylum in the United States but must make a decision between waiting for months or crossing illegally, as the US government only deals with them. a limited number of cases per day at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego. (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
On a photo taken from Tijuana, Mexico, on the side of the border wall, an officer of the US Border Patrol is seen as Honduran migrants who have crossed the wall surrendering on the American side, Sunday, December. 2, 2018. Thousands of migrants who have traveled by caravan are seeking asylum in the United States, but must make a decision between waiting for months or crossing illegally, as the US government only deals with a limited number case by day on the San Ysidro-San Diego border. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
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Thousands of migrants live in cities populated by tents in Tijuana after embarking on a grueling journey from Central America to the US border. Many of them decided to live in Mexico, apply for a work permit and work in local factories while they wait for the US government to process about 100 asylum applications through day at the crossing of San Ysidro, the busiest of the United States. [19659002] But, word of mouth, some understood that they could simply enter the United States, largely uninhibited by the Mexican authorities. By two or three – sometimes by a dozen – they arrive at the wall of the border and manage to pass. A few minutes later, border services officers arrive quickly to escort them to detention centers and begin talks about "credible fears".
For two nights last week, Associated Press reporters saw more than a dozen migrants taking the risk. A woman wearing a blue beads rosary waited with her children to see where they could cross each other. A Salvadoran migrant was hiding while he was digging a hole in the sand under the wall. In the dark of the night, one could see migrants climbing a hill in the interior of the US territory in the direction of agents waiting to stop them.
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