San Diego is the busiest corridor for illegal crossings, but routes change quickly

(17 May 2024)
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6 - 13 May 2024
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Jacumba Hot Springs, California - 6 May 2024
1. Various of groups of migrants being met by border patrol agents in a makeshift desert encampment

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Jacumba Hot Springs, California - 7 May 2024
2. Mid of mostly Chinese migrants warming up near fire
3. Various of migrants lining up to be processed

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San Diego - 6 May 2024
4. Wide of Border Patrol agents organizing asylum-seeking migrants between two border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Carney, Volunteer, Survivors of Torture International:
"We're at an open air detention site where two pieces of border wall have a space in the middle. It's all U.S. territory. And migrants from around the world gather here at this humanitarian support station."
6. Wide of Border Patrol agents organizing asylum-seeking migrants between two border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Carney, Volunteer, Survivors of Torture International:
"They're actually detained by Border Patrol, who keeps them in one location to process them later at a Border Patrol station and then release them into San Diego to go to the airport and to fly around the country to meet family and friends and sponsors.
8. Mid of Border Patrol agent taking image of asylum-seeking migrant
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Carney, Volunteer, Survivors of Torture International:
"We've seen an increase here lately. I would say in the past two weeks."
10. Wide of Border Patrol agent reviewing asylum-seeking migrants
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Carney, Volunteer, Survivors of Torture International:
"In total, I expect that they are maybe over 300 people a night combined, all at different locations along the border wall here in Tijuana."
12. Migrant being patted down by Border Patrol agent
13. Wide of volunteer tent outside wall
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Carney, Volunteer, Survivors of Torture International:
"Something that happens almost every night is we have injuries from people who jump across and jump from the wall on the Tijuana side. And it's about an 18 to 22 foot wall in different sections. And people consistently, as soon as they hit the ground, they have sprained ankles, busted knees, they fall and hit their hands and they have sprained wrists or broken wrists. We see all kinds of injuries. We see scrapes on the front of their body, their hands are bloodied from scraping down the wall as they slide down. So we see injuries. We kind of triage and give some first aid here. And if we see a serious injury that needs an ambulance and a hospital medical attention, we call the Border Patrol and they'll pick someone up and they'll get them to a hospital as quickly as possible."
15. Top of wall
16. Various of Carney wrapping up Honduran migrant woman's ankle after she hurt it falling from the wall
17. Close of woman
18. Wide of Border Patrol agent helping injured woman into van to be transported for asylum processing

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San Diego - 13 May 2024
19. Wide of asylum-seeking migrants walking in parking lot after being dropped off at the Iris Avenue Transit Center after undergoing processing with Border Patrol officials. From there, they find transportation to go to area airports or bus lines.
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Gaby (No last name given), Volunteer, Al Otro Lado:
21. Wide of a couple from Colombia embracing in the parking lot. The woman was just released from processing and the man arrived to greet her before leaving with her

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