Near the San Ysidro Port of Entry, volunteers are working around the clock to support Ukrainian families and queue them for Customs and Border Protection to process
Ukrainians from Title 42. This week, CBP processing also sped up considerably as many Ukrainians spent less time detained at the port before being given one-year permits to be in the United States and walking out to waiting volunteers.
About 600 people crossed the border before the volunteers started giving out numbers, she said. Each adult gets a number, but children do not, according to waiting families. A woman with a family of 10 told the Union-Tribune that they were on their second day of waiting. The group sat outside in the grass behind the bus stop, some sitting in camping chairs and others lying on blankets on the ground.Levien said Calvary Chapel in Tijuana had opened its doors to provide 60 beds for the Ukrainians. Another church had offered 20 beds.
She was especially concerned about young children in the group getting sick from sleeping on the cold concrete. Volunteers with language skills to communicate easily with the waiting families have been essential to the work. Levien said that because many of the families don’t speak English or Spanish, some businesses were taking advantage of them as they began arriving in the border city after fleeing the war.
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