They present temporary shelter for 2,600 compatriots in Tijuana

Juan Pablo Guerra and Mireya Cuéllar / La Jornada BC

La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, January 26, 2025, p. 4

Tijuana, BC., The México te Abraza care center, installed in the Flamingos event hall in Tijuana, has capacity for 2,600 people and is equipped as a temporary shelter for compatriots deported by the government of Donald Trump, said the secretary. of Education, Mario Delgado, who visited the place on behalf of the federal government.

During a presentation to the press, the official, together with the mayor of Tijuana, Ismael Burgueño, and the governor Marina del Pilar Ávila, explained that the site consists of two floors and is designed to accommodate only repatriates, who will receive various supports via federal programs.

The first floor will be for men and the second for women, children and/or complete families. It is divided into rooms with two and four bunk beds; medical and psychological care modules, bathrooms and a kitchen operated by elements of the Secretariat of National Defense, prepared to serve up to 3 thousand meals.

Delgado explained that upon arrival, undocumented immigrants will receive a questionnaire from the National Employment System so that companies and governments of their states of origin can incorporate them into productive activities.

In addition to food, medical care, and psychological and work support, the countrymen will receive winter and bedding clothes for their stay, as well as personal hygiene supplies and laundry service.

Mobility people who arrive in Tijuana from the south will continue to stay in the other shelters that are already established, explained the Secretary General of the State Government, Alfredo Álvarez Cárdenas.

The cards with 2 thousand pesos destined for repatriates will be delivered to the same center and from there buses will depart to different states of the country to take those who decide to do so to their places of origin. The intention, as stated, is that no one stays in the place for more than two weeks.

Álvarez Cárdenas added that he maintained a meeting with the governments of Guerrero, Michoacán and Oaxaca, with which coordination and collaboration agreements were generated. They themselves will participate in the transfer of countrymen and will set up offices in Baja California.