Tijuana

Higuera’s family drove her to the airport in Tijuana, where she took a flight to Mexico City and then drove five hours to Guerrero state, where she plans on retiring.

The girl and her parents, who are from Mexico, originally received temporary permission to enter the U.S. legally through Tijuana in 2023.

She and her parents received temporary permission to enter the U.S. legally through Tijuana in 2023.

Researchers have found that pollutants in the Tijuana River, which carries raw sewage and industrial waste from Tijuana, are also turning up in the air along the coast near the U.S.-Mexico border.

In 2023, they received temporary humanitarian permission to enter the U.S. legally through Tijuana.