With very few options for refuge, thousands of people—many of them young children—sleep beside train tracks, in public squares and parks, and under bridges. The few who can afford to rent ramshackle rooms sometimes share with 10 or 15 others, sleeping on the floor on dirty mats or plastic bags.
US president Joe Biden has promised to reverse many of the anti-migrant policies imposed by the Trump administration, such as the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols that stranded people in dangerous Mexican border cities as they awaited immigration proceedings. But change won’t come overnight, leaving tens of thousands of people adrift and at risk.
