At a bus stop near the Mexican border in San Diego, California, Chinese migrants waited with a mix of anxiety and anticipation for the US Border Patrol buses that arrived several times each day. For some, a bus’s arrival signalled a reunion with loved ones; for others, it marked the arrival of potential customers.
Many of those assembled in late April had recently made it out of immigration detention themselves, where they vied for cramped space and awaited “credible fear” interviews that would determine whether they were eligible for asylum – days after they illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico.
