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In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitians line up at an immigration agency in Tijuana, Mexico with the hope of gaining an appointment to cross to the U.S. side of the border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection can only handle up to about 75 people a day at San Ysidro, and Tijuana authorities were unhappy about large crowds assembled on the Mexican side of the border crossing. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_1_]()
In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, a Haitian woman talks to a fellow migrant, from behind the fence of the Padre Chava migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. The man was not able to enter the overcrowded shelter. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_10_]()
In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, a Haitian migrant waves on his way to the U.S. border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sept. 22 halted the humanitarian parole it had given Haitians following a massive 2010 earthquake. Instead of releasing the Haitians into the United States, under a general policy the U.S. is now confining them to a detention facility and it plans to start deporting them back to the homeland they hoped to flee. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_16_]()
In this Sept. 2, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants line up as they wait to enter the U.S. border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico. As the U.S. repatriate the migrants it has a limited number of beds at its immigration detention facilities to accommodate people while flights and travel documents are arranged. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_12_]()
In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitian women and children get ready to sleep on the floor of the Padre Chava migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Haitian men, women and children regularly spend the night just outside the busiest U.S. border crossing. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_11_]()
In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants play dominoes at the Padre Chava migrant shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico. ââ¬ÅWe are exhausted, completely exhausted,ââ¬Â said shelter administrator Margarita Andonaegui. ââ¬ÅWhen we have more than 200 people, we lose control.ââ¬Â (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_13_]()
In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants speak with Mexican officials as they hope to gain a spot on the daily list to pass to the U.S. side of the border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico. Once inside the United States, the Haitians cannot be returned back to Mexico. They are held in U.S. detention centers pending repatriation. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_14_]()
In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants look out from the sleeping quarters of the Padre Chava migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. When full, the shelter can accommodate about 300 people with many sleeping on floors without mattresses. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_15_]()
In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants wait at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. Mexican officials distribute paper slips with dates to appear at San Ysidro on the U.S. side of the border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_4_]()
In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants receive food and drinks from volunteers as they wait in line at a Mexican immigration agency in Tijuana with the hope of gaining an appointment to cross to the U.S. side of the border. Many Haitians arriving at the Mexico-U.S. border are unaware of a new U.S. policy of putting them in deportation proceedings and detaining them while making efforts to fly them home. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_3_]()
In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitians make their way towards the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say about 5,000 Haitians showed up at San Ysidro from October 2015 through late last month, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana said at a recent congressional hearing that officials told her on a trip to Central America that 40,000 more were on their way. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_5_]()
In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants toss down blankets to family members below at the Padre Chava migrant shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico. When full the shelter accommodates about 300 people, about half of them women and children. Many sleep on floors without mattresses. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_8_]()
In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, a Haitian migrant reads a Bible at the Padre Chava migrant shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico. Padre Chava, one of 10 Tijuana shelters that house Haitians, turned away hundreds over the weekend, leading many to sleep outside on cardboard sheets. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_6_]()
In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants prepare for their stay at the Padre Chava migrant shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico. Padre Chava, one of 10 Tijuana shelters that house Haitians, turned away hundreds over the weekend, leading many to sleep outside on cardboard sheets. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc]()
In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Haitian migrants hold up their Mexican migration documents as they hope to gain a spot on the daily list to cross to the U.S. side of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico. With hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Haitian men, women and young children regularly spending the night just outside the busiest United States border crossing, Mexican officials have moved to bring some order to the unruly scene by granting 20-day permits to stay in Mexico while also helping schedule their slots with the Americans on the other side. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)![Mexico_US_Haitian_Mig_Garc_7_]()
In this Sept. 26, 2016 photo, a Haitian man returns a ball to a boy at the Padre Chava migrant shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico. Padre Chava, one of 10 Tijuana shelters that house Haitians, turned away hundreds over the weekend, leading many to sleep outside on cardboard sheets. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Haitian migrants try to get into U.S. via southern border
Several thousand Haitians have traveled to Tijuana in recent months, overflowing migrant shelters and often sleeping outside next to their backpacks on sheets of cardboard, many after traveling 7,000 miles (11,000 kilometers) by foot, taxi and bus from Brazil through eight nations to the threshold of the United States.
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- Haitian migrants try to get into U.S. via southern border
