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Congressional Democrats Tour San Diego Immigration Detention Facilities
- June 18
- By Jean Guerrero, KPBS News
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and more than a dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus came to San Diego to tour detention facilities and see the first-hand the effects of the Trump Administration’s family separation policies.
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox Joins High Times Board
- June 18
- By Associated Press
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, who calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize marijuana, is joining the board of directors of venerable cannabis publication High Times to advance his agenda.
His Parents Were Deported Two Weeks Before College, Now He’s A UC San Diego Graduate
- June 18
- By Megan Burks
Leon Sanchez Reyes is one of an untold number of students who straddle the U.S.-Mexico border — caught between two worlds amid stepped-up immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump and, before him, President Barack Obama.
Family Separation Policy Starts Dividing Republicans
- June 18
- By Associated Press
The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure.
Rare Look Inside A Child Migrant Shelter In El Cajon Amid Family Separation Outcry
- June 15
- By Jean Guerrero
About 10 percent of the children at Casa San Diego were separated from their parents by the U.S. government, according to the shelter's operators.
Immigrant Rights Advocate Denounces Sessions' Change To Asylum Policy
- June 13
- By Alison St John, Marissa Cabrera
Nicole Ramos, an immigration attorney with the Tijuana-based group Al Otro Lado, says the large majority of asylum seekers she works with are fleeing domestic and gang violence in Central America.
USD Expert: Sessions' Policy Change Leaves Asylum-Seekers Few Options
- June 12
- By City News Service
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to block entry into the U.S. by asylum-seekers citing fears of domestic abuse or gang violence doesn't leave many options for those facing persecution in Mexico and Central America, University of San Diego immigrant expert Everard Meade said Tuesday.
Tijuana's 'Little Haiti' Stalled But Migrants Planting Roots
- June 12
- By Associated Press
Brightly colored clothes air from lines strung between rudimentary plywood-sided homes. Cinderblocks stacked chest-high form the skeletons of unfinished houses, and a pile of unused rebar lies in the dirt patio.
Sessions Excludes Domestic, Gang Violence From Asylum Claims
- June 11
- By Associated Press
Immigration judges generally cannot consider domestic and gang violence as grounds for asylum, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday in a ruling that could affect large numbers of Central Americans who have increasingly turned to the United States for protection.
San Diego Police Issues New Policy On Handling People Living In The US Illegally
- June 11
- By Claire Trageser
The San Diego Police Department recently released an updated policy on how officers should handle people living in the U.S. illegally that reflects California's new "sanctuary state law," SB 54, that went into effect this year.