An interesting story about a notebook that has become quite powerful as asylum-seekers try to make their way through a chaotic situation at the US border:

All conversations stopped when they saw the notebook.

Men, women and children — asylum seekers from Central America, Mexico, Africa and beyond — parted to make way for its keeper.

The Mexican woman named Gaby waded through the crowd. She clutched the ledger-like notebook, its spine reinforced with duct tape.

Mothers scooped up their toddlers. Older children dropped their toys. Fathers hushed infants.

The notebook holds the names of hundreds of asylum seekers — from Guadalajara to Ghana — all trying to make their case at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

Source: For many waiting in Tijuana, a mysterious notebook is the key to seeking asylum