por 
ALFREDO AZCARATE VARELA
THE BAJA POST/EDITOR
Are Mexicali, Baja California and Mexico as a whole prepared for the migration tsunami that might be arriving to the MEX-USA borders? Will Federeal Gov. finally restore support to private shelters? How many foreigners will be expelled through the border with Mexico? It appears that the threats of the new President of the USA will be fulfilled.
Since Donald Trump’s arrival, social media mentions hundreds of deportations in the last 48 hours and more will continue to arrive, mostly through Tijuana, Mexicali, Reynosa, Matamoros, and Ciudad Juárez, one of the measures announced by the President of the United States and it appears the majority would be through Baja California.
The versions also mention migrants from other nationalities, like Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Cubans, although there is no exact figure of how many foreigners this would be. For many, it is unfair that they are expelled to Mexican territory.
Mexicali City Hall, has the Albergue Peregrino shelter for immigrants with a capacity of approximately 330 people, and they are preparing at FEX and CREA Mexicali to also receive migrants. The civil society shelters, which stopped receiving government support with the arrival of López Obrador, could prove to be of great help now.
Among others, there are three main migrant shelters that could support the Government through this probable immigration crisis, caused by Mr. Trump fulfilling his threats of massive deportations which seems more real by the minute, are:
- Casa de Ayuda Alfa y Omega A.C. in Mexicali. Provides accommodation, food services, basic medical care, and legal orientation. Located in the so called Zona Centro of Mexicali, with social media presence on Facebook as Casa de Ayuda Alfa y Omega.
- Albergue COBINA. Located in the Colonia Pueblo Nuevo, offers temporary community shelters, registered as a private enterprise dedicated to social assistance services.
- Tgere is yet another shelter in Avenida Michoacán, Pueblo Nuevo, is another shelter Hijo Pródigo, which supports the migrant community offering lodging, food, and other services. However, these three alternatives have been sidelined by the Federal Government, which seems to be underestimating the severity of the problem that may arrive in the coming days.
In just a matter of days, as immigrants are deported, Mexicans will see if President Claudia Sheinbaum has been able to set up a program to relocate the deported to their towns or cities, considering some of them have been living in the States for so long, it will be hard for them to get accustomed to living in Mexico.
