Drivers are delivering food orders to migrants stuck at the Mexican border near San Diego, report says
The public health rule imposed by the Trump administration in March 2020 allowed the US to turn back asylum seekers at border crossings.
The measure lapsed on May 12 and hundreds of people from countries including Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Haiti have flocked to the border believing it was now easier to enter the US. The White House has said it was accepting applications for asylum, but only in limited numbers. spoke to some migrants at the Tijuana-San Diego border who said US authorities gave them water and energy bars but it was not enough food to sustain them while their applications were processed.
Some have resorted to ordering food on apps such as Uber Eats, paying in cash because most don't have credit cards. One woman told Rest of World she paid $100 for a whole chicken because the Uber Eats driver didn't have change.Jesús Vargas, a delivery driver based in Tijuana, told Rest of World he's delivered Taiwanese food to some migrants."They're in a really tough spot, but it's what they have to do to survive," he said.
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