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Roundtable: Restaurant Resistance Of COVID-19 Rules
- Jan. 22
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
Local restaurants defy COVID-19 rules as a peaceful protest, San Diego's Spanish-speaking community reacts to the end of the Trump era, and the leader of the San Diego Unified School District is chosen for a position in the Biden administration.
How Advocates Pushed The Biden Administration To Take Immediate Action On Immigration
- Jan. 21
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
A taskforce has been working for weeks on ways to restart the country's asylum system and uphold its international commitments.
San Diego Mayor Gloria Appoints Farhat Popal As City's Immigrant Affairs Manager
- Jan. 19
- By City News Service
Popal succeeds the city's first immigrant affairs manager, Rita Fernandez, who now serves as San Diego's director of global affairs.
Biden To Prioritize Legal Status For Millions Of Immigrants
- Jan. 16
- Elliot Spagat / Associated Press
President-elect Joe Biden will announce legislation his first day in office that provides a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally.
Mexico Sees Holiday Bump In Tourism Amid Pandemic Surge
- Jan. 12
- Emilio Espejel and Christopher Sherman / Associated Press
Concern is spreading that the critical winter holiday success could be fleeting because it came as COVID-19 infections in both Mexico and the United States — the main source of the foreign tourists — were reaching new heights.
Bipartisan Spending Bill Commits Over $1 Billion To Border Wall Construction
- Jan. 5
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
Late last month, Congress passed, and the president eventually signed, a government funding bill that includes over $1 billion in border wall spending. This has opponents of the border wall worried that despite protests from Democrats during the Trump administration, border wall construction still enjoys bipartisan support in Congress.
‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California
- Dec. 29, 2020
- Sasha Khokha and Erin Siegal McIntyre / KQED
Luna Guzmán has risked everything to seek asylum in the U.S. A transgender woman, she left her native Guatemala behind to try to find a life in California.
Damage From Border Wall: Blown-Up Mountains, Toppled Cactus
- Dec. 17, 2020
- Anita Snow / Associated Press
Government contractors are igniting dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops. The Trump administration says it’s protecting national security, citing it to waive environmental laws.
Two Sides Of A Mexican-American Family Show Identity Doesn’t Always Lead To The Same Politics
- Dec. 17, 2020
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
More Latinos turned out for Donald Trump in 2020 than in 2016. Many were surprised, especially after his administration's hardline immigration stances. One Mexican-American teenager came to terms with her immigrant grandparents’ support of the president.
Obama-Era Program For Immigrants Faces New Court Challenge
- Dec. 15, 2020
- By Associated Press
The challenge scheduled to be heard Dec. 22 in Houston concerns President Barack Obama’s original memorandum creating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which currently covers about 650,000 people.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Against All Odds
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