Tijuana's Migrants Suffering in El Nino's Winter Storms Jean Guerrero - KPBS News
go to original January 10, 2016

More than 1,000 migrants received blankets at a Tijuana shelter last week as rains soaked the homeless, flooded streets, increased traffic and caused drainage canals to swell with rushing water.

Every night, Gerardo Nuñez has been wrapping himself up in a trash bag to keep the heavy rains from soaking him while he sleeps.

Nuñez is a 48-year-old Mexican who is homeless in Tijuana after he was deported from the U.S., where he lived since he was a child. He said he has three children in Montebello, a city in southeastern Los Angeles County.

He was one of about 1,200 migrants who received a thick wool blanket at a Tijuana migrant shelter called Desayunador Salesiano on Wednesday morning after eating a breakfast of chilaquiles and coffee.

Volunteers said they hoped the donated blankets would keep people warm during the El Niño rains, which have been flooding streets, increasing traffic and soaking Tijuana residents all week.

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