The minute a dozen or so agents from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) left their van in Tijuana, a Mexican city on the United States border, they were surrounded by a group of migrants, who since Monday, January 20, have been living in a shelter called Templo Embajadores de Jesus (The ambassadors of Jesus Temple). Everyone wanted answers to the same question: What will happen now that the CBP One appointment mobile app, used by asylum seekers, has been deactivated by the new US administration? "Has Trump decided anything?" A young Venezuelan woman asked an IOM official, whose reply was an embarrassed smile.

IOM representatives eventually managed to marshal the crowd and offer services such as redoing identity papers and consultations with doctors and psychologists. A young psychologist addressed the group, asking, "Who manages to sleep here? Those who sleep eight hours raise your hands...Nobody? Five hours? No... Three hours? Yes, a few." The psychologist then asked them about meals. "Who manages to eat?" Again, no one raised a hand. "We can help you manage your anxiety better, but as to the future, like you, we know nothing," she said, helpless amid the barrage of the same questions about the American migration policy.

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