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Every night here clandestine cling to what remains, faith.
hope to return and reclaim their dreams this is the basement of the hotel
of dreams deported
is the first hotel of migrant built in latin america
and is home every night for about 300 migrants,
both Mexico and America Center latina
Here come the migrants deported from the United States
some who just tried to cross the border
but other
who had lived more than 15 years across
´Los sin papeles´ one night the police stopped them in their home
or were fined while driving and never returned
Migrant: in six months I lost everything
in six months and I have no car
I have no home
I do not live in the U.S., I have no job, I have no wife and I have no children
How do you think I feel?
In six months I lost him 20 years.
Maybe that's why everyone here
in the morning, afternoon and evening hotel guests watch from the windows
look north towards the border
Towards the border wall, located two blocks
Located in the old center mexicali, in Baja California (México)
In the thirties was the luxurious and legendary Hotel Centenary
then abandoned and used by junkie
Now is the Hotel del Migrante
In summer, the temperature exceeds 40 degrees in Mexicali
(100 grados Fahrenheit)
The city heat is unbearable
At the hotel,
migrants are crowded
The 50 rooms located on the first floor are insufficient. And with the heat...
The roof is used as a bedroom, with a dome
of stars including
For this checkpoint between Mexicali and Calexico
happens for months of world's largest humanitarian crises
Every night and every day more than 200 migrants
united states expelled without nothing
no papers, no money
no clothes, no shoes
no home, no food
No chance of returning
Migrant: Four months ago I was deported
From this place I like
Here you provide housing, food ...
pues claro
You can stay as long as you want ...
We just have to make a payment ...
Help, working at the hotel ...
I'm helping
I am the head of the office of the hotel on the first floor
I am the head of the office of the hotel on the first floor
Since 2010
The Hotel del Migrante has received more than
200 thousand deported
La mayor necesidad, además de la comida...
It is the clothes and shoes. Many migrants need shoes
To try to cross the border again
Nightfall
here all have the same dream...
...return to the U.S.
From Mexicali, Alberto Torres, El Universal
alberto torres