Life in the Deportee Slums of Mexico

Migration in Tijuana is directly linked to its privileged geographic location, because the city neighbours California. 45% of immigrants that used to cross into the US, did so through Tijuana.

For many years there was a fence filled with holes that was very easy to cross, of course. In the past, people would be deported, and they would be back in the US the next day, because the border wasn't so protected.

However things began to change after 1994, when the US began to implement a series of operations across the border, with the goal of diverting the immigration flow to the mountainous and desert areas....

Title: Life in the Deportee Slums of Mexico
Published on Jun 5, 2013
Uploaded by: VICE

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