Some San Diego area asylum seekers are now searching for a new place to live.

That's after port officials recently cleared out an encampment in Barrio Logan.

Now asylum seekers say they have to move constantly to avoid a citation or arrest that could jeopardize their immigration cases.

A good future for us, for our children, because in our country we don't have that.

That's the voice of 28-year-old, Michael, an asylum seeker from Venezuela.

He didn't want to be on camera, but he did want to tell CalMatters about why he's stuck in the park.

I feel it's unfair to us, so unfair to us that they don't give us something like a permit to work, since we are here.

They can't tell us to work and then not let us.

Port of San Diego police issued notices to asylum seekers earlier this month.

Local organizations then stepped up to provide temporary housing for the families, but only for a night or two.

The issue now is, what's a more permanent solution?

Ian Seruelo is the chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium.

He and other human rights advocates were on hand while police cleared the encampment.

He says seeking asylum is a lengthy legal process.

While these families were allowed into the United States, they can't legally work until their court date, which means they can't pay rent.

Seruelo is urging city and county officials to work together to find better solutions.

These people don't have anywhere else to go.

We know after that, they will end up in the streets again.

Removing them from here is not really a solution.

They will just move somewhere else.

Meantime, the Port of San Diego tells CalMatters they did not issue any citations or make any arrests.

Hotel stays were not offered to single adult asylum seekers or US-born unhoused people, most of whom say they also have nowhere else to go.

Reporting for CalMatters, I'm Wendy Fry.