Tijuana, Mexico - January 27, 2025 Migrants in Mexico have found the U.S. asylum process on hold at the start of the new Trump administration. For some, that means retracing their steps back along the migrant trail, a process that can bring immense danger. After five months of waiting at Mexico's southern border, Dunia Pineda and her family spent the last of their money on a flight to Tijuana, after an asylum interview was set for Jan 21. It was a day too late: U.S. President Donald Trump suspended America's asylum system following his inauguration, and now these migrants from Honduras face the long journey back to Central America. Pineda explained that her family of five needed about a thousand dollars to return to Honduras, but they currently had no money. Pineda and her family aren't the only ones stranded - 30,000 appointments like theirs were canceled, and some 270,000 asylum hopefuls left hanging in Mexico. Facing a U.S. border that's now closed to them, thousands of asylum seekers from other Latin American countries here in Mexico are considering what to do next. For some, that means beginning the long journey back to their home countries, retracing their steps back along a perilous migrant trail. Penniless, travel by plane is unaffordable, and returning south by road through Mexico is a gauntlet. In Mexico's northern border region, migrants find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Joao Chavez is more than 6,000 kilometers from his Peruvian hometown, and said that for the moment he will remain in Tijuana, keeping his American dream alive. Shotlist: Tijuana, Mexico - Jan 27, 2025: 1. Aerial shots of buildings on border; 2. Dunia Pineda, Honduran migrant, family members; 3. Aerial shot of buildings on border; 4. Various of Pineda's family; 5. Aerial shots of buildings on border, seashore; 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dunia Pineda, Honduran migrant (starting with shot 5): "In crossing Mexico, we put our lives at risk."; 7. Various of migrants; 8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Joao Chavez, Peruvian migrant (starting with shot 7/partially overlaid with shots 9-10/ending with shot 11): "We're stuck between a physical wall to the north, and a psychological wall to the south. So staying in Tijuana is what we've decided to do, it's the most viable and safest option to survive, until another way appears."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 9. Migrants; 10. Various of buildings; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 11. Seashore, buildings. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]