Just a few minutes south of the U.S.-Mexico border, a migrant shelter in Tijuana has weathered many changes over the years but is now back to housing mostly deported men – albeit far fewer than capacity, and while facing major budget cuts.

During Casa del Migrante’s 38 years in operation, the shelter’s director Father Pat Murphy said they’ve seen more than 270,000 people come through their doors. When he arrived in 2013, Murphy said, the majority of occupants were deported men.

“Then the caravans just started coming,” Murphy said.

Murphy said the shelter then began to offer space to families on the final leg of their journey north to seek asylum in the U.S.

“Now we’re in another stage in which there are no possibilities, and the house now is back to 95% deported men, so it’s run full c

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