Deported migrants end up homeless in Mexican border cities

“Mexican border cities are struggling with an influx of migrants deported by the U.S. government, which has been kicking out illegal migrants at record levels, migrant relief groups say.

Many of those deported have spent decades working at restaurants, offices and in the fields from California to North Carolina.

Some return to Mexico virtually penniless after spending their savings on lawyers fees to fight their deportation orders and wind up living on the tough, crime-ridden streets of border cities like Tijuana, where they must fend off corrupt police, gangs and thieves, migrant groups say. “

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