19 of 1,212 After Title 42 Ends, Thousands of Migrants in Border Towns Eye Next Steps

Migrants wait to be processed in a camp on a patch of U.S. land between Tijuana and San Diego on Friday.Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Migrants wait to be processed in a camp on a patch of U.S. land between Tijuana and San Diego on Friday.Mark Abramson for The New York Times

SAN DIEGO — In the vast migrant camp that sprung up this week on a patch of U.S. soil between Tijuana and San Diego, a striking system of order has emerged, even as anxiety and uncertainty swell.

The Africans in the camp — from Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, Guinea, Nigeria — have one leader, a tall Somali man, who communicates with aid groups about how many blankets, diapers and sanitary pads they need that day. The Colombians have their own leader, as do the Afghans, the Turkish and the Haitians.

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