At the San Ysidro port of entry the current wait list for asylum seekers is over 1,000, according to lawyers who work with them. A family I spoke with was told they had to wait 3-4 weeks before their number was called. 
Nicole Ramos, an attorney with Al Otro Lado, which is suing the US govt over its practice of turning away asylum seekers at ports of entry expects wait times at these entrances will double under the administration’s new plan re asylum seekers at the border.
It’s not uncommon for asylum seekers waiting in Tijuana for the turn to be targeted by organized crime, Ramos said. Some people receive messages from the people they’re fleeing from telling them they know they’re in TJ saying “we’re waiting for you.”
As it is the US has slowed down the number of asylum seekers it can take at the Tijuana port of entry to a trickle, Ramos said.
