Pedro Cordova joined a caravan of individuals fleeing gangs in Honduras, and along the way met his future wife, Linda Romero Sanchez of Mexico, who works with an organization that provides shelter in Tijuana for Central American migrants.
Pedro Cordova, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Linda Romero Sánchez, from Ensenada, met while he was on his way to the United States as part of the last migrant caravan.
There have been times when she’s had to put her body in between domestic violence victims and their abusers, and “show cartel members the door,” as she puts it.“We didn’t get to sleep last night until after midnight,” Romero said with a yawn. “I didn’t even feed my own kids until after 10 p.m.”Tijuana shelters are once again crowded to the brink of crisis, and shelter workers are bracing for more arrivals as people are sent back under the new U.S. “Remain in Mexico” policy.
Once the paperwork is done, Romero slumps back down toward her desk, nearly drifting off, until something catches her eye from clear across the building.As the 32-year-old Honduran navigates his way through rows of bright-colored tents where the migrants sleep, Romero comes back to life, sitting up straight at her desk and flashing a smile.Cordova arrived with the caravan of Central Americans in November, and the two had a whirlwind romance, quickly falling in love.
Between the two of them, they have five children. Two are in Honduras, and Cordova doesn’t know when or if he will ever see them again.Cordova said he has not yet applied for a permanent legal status in Mexico. About 10 years ago, Romero’s family fell on hard times and she came to Tijuana with her children looking for work. They struggled to find shelter.Before that, she spent parts of her childhood, begging in the streets for change.
The two are grappling with how to blend their very different families now stretched thousands of miles apart.Recently, Linda didn’t have money to buy her 11-year-old daughter a birthday present. The migrants at Movimiento Juventud all chipped in together to buy a birthday cake.on the floor, and there’s a baby on the way.
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