US border immigrants: More families cross illegally to San Diego | World News, The Indian Express

US border immigrants: More families cross illegally to San Diego | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Mexico, Tijuana |Published: December 5, 2018 9:04:02 am

US border immigrants: More families cross illegally to San Diego

US Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that San Diego sector has experienced a "slight uptick" in families entering the US illegally since the caravan of Central American migrants arrived in Tijuana two weeks ago.

A migrant woman and two boys, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk behind concertina wire on a beach in San Diego County after crossing illegally from Mexico to the US, photographed through a border wall from Tijuana, Mexico, December 4, 2018. (Source: Reuters)

The woman crawled under first, squeezing face down through a gap dug under the border fence. The space is only a few inches high, and her feet kicked dust into the air as she wiggled. Next was her three-year-old daughter, dressed in a pink sweat suit, pushed through to the California side on her back and feet first by a man who stayed in Mexico.