Hollywood actresses Kerry Washington and America Ferrera recently visited Tijuana to tour the shelters that serve as temporary homes to hundreds of Central American migrants that remain in legal limbo.

Ferrera, whose parents are Honduran immigrants, led the excursion from the Los Angeles area to just south of the U.S.-Mexico border, coming into contact with the migrants who are waiting to make asylum claims or have their case decided by a U.S. immigration judge.