The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, ...

Eduard Alvarado, a migrant from Colombia waiting at the El Chaparral Port of Entry in Tijuana, described the sudden cancellation as "like a bucket of cold water." "We are here without money ...

About 3,600 migrants, many from Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia, have been helped. “Of those, 50 percent have been able to hold on to their jobs and remain in Tijuana,” Gómez said.