SAN DIEGO — Tour operators and medical and dental offices in the Mexican border city of Tijuana are reporting a slowdown in business since a caravan of Central American migrants arrived. “It’s very disappointing because everything is normal in Tijuana, and it’s a very isolated area where the migrants are,” he said. The border crossing — which Tijuana residents use to reach jobs and shopping on the U.S. side and U.S. tourists use to head south — was closed briefly last weekend after some migrants tried to rush across. Dozens of migrants interviewed by The Associated Press have said they are fleeing poverty and violence back home. Georgina Carabarin, a prosthodontist in Tijuana, said about 70 percent of her patients come from San Diego.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 03, 2018 08:48 UTC