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Driver Slowed Or Stopped Before Crash Killed 13 Migrants In Imperial Valley
- April 12
- Elliot Spagat / Associated Press
Testimony released Monday says the driver of an SUV packed with migrants stopped or slowed before getting slammed by a tractor-trailer in one of the deadliest border-related crashes.
Roundtable: San Diego Enters The Orange Tier
- April 9
- By Bennett Lacy
San Diego's reopening expands as progress is made on COVID-19 cases and vaccinations, an encampment for cross-border farmworkers is dismantled by police in Calexico and a look at the revolving door in Chula Vista between the city's police department and the surveillance drone industry.
300 Teen Girls Moved From Convention Center To Make Room For Younger Migrants
- April 9
- By City News Service
To create space in the convention center, the U.S. Department of Health and Human services moved the 300 girls to Fort Bliss in Texas in an exchange for an equal number of children between the ages of 5 and 12 and their older siblings.
Explainer: Is The US Border With Mexico In Crisis?
- April 8
- Elliot Spagat / Associated Press
Nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at the Mexican border in March, smashing previous highs set during periods of heavy child migration in 2014 and 2019. Is it a crisis?
Number Of Kids Alone At Border Hits All-Time High In March
- April 8
- By Associated Press
U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
Imperial Valley Crash Victim's Stories Show Why People Are Migrating To United States
- April 6
- By Brooke Ruth, Jade Hindmon
The New York Times reporter, Miriam Jordan, who is based in Los Angeles profiled some of the victims and survivors of a collision between an SUV carrying 25 people and a semitruck on March 2 near Holtville, Calif. Jordan wrote that those who died are a "portrait of an explosion in migration that has begun overwhelming the U.S. government."
As Convention Center Nears Capacity, No Children Have Been Reunified With Families, Sponsors
- April 5
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
The San Diego convention center has now neared its capacity, as hundreds of migrant children arrived in San Diego this weekend.
Migrant Shelter Nearing Capacity At SD Convention Center
- April 4
- By City News Service
The San Diego Convention Center shelter for unaccompanied migrants was expected to reach its 1,450 capacity within days as another group of minors arrived Sunday, federal officials said.
Roundtable: Migrant Girls Sheltering In Convention Center, Anti-Asian Hate
- April 2
- By Maya Trabulsi, Pat Finn
A conversation about anti-Asian hate with former San Diego news anchor Lee Ann Kim and an update on the more than 700 unaccompanied young migrant girls now sheltered in the San Diego Convention Center.
Haitian Asylum-Seekers Face Discrimination In Tijuana Migrant Camp
- April 1
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
Black migrants must deal with both racism in Mexico, and unequal treatment from the U.S. government.
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Stream or tune in Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2
