A non-profit called Miles4Migrants is turning donated points into free flights for asylum seekers who’ve arrived at the San Diego-Mexico border.
Groups of migrants could be seen trying to navigate San Diego’s airport on Tuesday.
The migrants were charging their phones, attempting to book hotels, and figuring out how to get to other cities in the United States. The non-profit has been working with Miles4Migrants to get the most desperate on free flights from San Diego to their final destination. A man from Brazil told ABC 10News reporter Austin Grabish using Google Translate he was trying to get to Philadelphia.De Freitas said in the last couple of weeks, about 70 asylum seekers have been given a free flight out of San Diego through his non-profit.
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