Mexicali, BC (MEX). Given the increasing arrival of Central American migrants seeking humanitarian asylum in the United States, the "Migrant Hotel" operates without electricity due to lack of economic resources.

Although the massive caravans are no longer seen arriving at the northern border of Mexico, the presence of thousands of Central Americans has put the shelters that receive them and provide them with shelter and food in 'check', since the federal and state governments they have been neglected. In Mexicali, the 11 shelters that serve some 3,000 people are looking for a way to get ahead with donations from civil society, some companies and altruistic groups; one of them (the Hotel Migrante) closed its doors last December because its electricity supply was cut off due to a debt of around $700,000 pesos (about $38,000 dollars) accumulated over three years. This two-story building has a capacity for more than 750 people, but with the power outage they closed most of the building and only had a room with room for 80 people.

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In the last week, the flow of migrants both from the south and those recently deported from the United States who must wait for the date for their humanitarian asylum interview has increased again, this can take up to four months. Many migrants, seeing the situation, are choosing to return to their country of origin or cross illegally, while fewer say that they will seek to put down roots in the state of Baja California. However, there are others who do not want to return to their homeland for fear of violence, they stay in shelters even if they are hungry, even if they live in a gloomy space where there is no way to mitigate the extreme heat that the long "cachanilla" summer brings. They prefer to wait with the hope that the day of their appointment will open the doors to the country of stars and stripes.

Meanwhile, shelter representatives are asking governments to pledge to help in a deal they took on but leave the burden to those of good will, especially now that massive raids have been announced by the Donald government Trump and an increase in deportees who must wait for their asylum, since all of them will end up in these shelters.