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'I didn't come here to cross illegally. I came here for help

Season 2018 Episode 144 | 3m 35s

More than 300 Central Americans have arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent days, and plan on Sunday to ask for asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. But President Trump has tweeted that Homeland Security is instructed to turn them away. Special correspondent Jean Guerrero of KPBS reports.

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