Border crossing rally
Jaren Rodriguez, 20, stands in line at the pedestrian border crossing in Tijuana on March Monday. The native of Honduras was brought to the U.S. when he was 4 and grew up in San Jose, where he graduated from high school. He recently self-deported in an attempt to legalize his immigration status. He joined Monday’s rally organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance that hopes to bring students and families back to their homes in the U.S. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A young woman dressed in a high school graduation cap and gown smiles as she walks into the United States at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry from Tijuana. She is one of about 20 young people who say they were raised and educated in the U.S. and were recently deported. She joined the rally organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance that hopes to reunite families broken by immigration laws. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Five young people dressed in high school graduation caps and gowns hold their diplomas and wait in line at the Otay Mesa port of entry Monday. The mostly Mexican citizens who crossed over from Tijuana say they were raised and educated in the United States and were recently deported. Today they joined a rally organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Two unidentified youths break down as they approach the U.S.-Mexico pedestrian border crossing in Tijuana on Monday during the rally organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers wait near the northbound approach to the Otay Mesa port of entry during a rally and march by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. About 40 people who were deported from the U.S. crossed the border and requested legal entry documents. No arrests or disturbances were reported. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
