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SAN DIEGO -- Down in Tijuana, migrant shelters are seeing an influx of refugees hoping to seek asylum in the United States before Title 42 comes to an end.
Thousands are currently still waiting on the other side of the border -- many of whom are fleeing violence and political corruption in their home countries, according to Pastor Albert Rivera, founder of the non-profit shelter, Agape Mision Mundial.
In the final days of Title 42, shelters like Agape that help refugees obtain asylum in the U.S. have seen a significant uptick in people looking for their services.
"There's been an increase of about 400% of more immigrants coming," said Rivera told FOX 5.
Agape is currently focused on receiving families and single mothers. Many of them at the shelter, according to Rivera, are attempting to escape violence from states in Mexico or are fleeing the cartel's control over police.
"We have a lot of kids that they killed their dad or their dad is missing -- the dad got kidnapped," Rivera said, "so they come a little bit traumatized. We have had minors here … (that) they c...
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