Border

Education

UC San Diego is cutting ties with the Border Patrol after student outcry

Phoebe Huss

Following a CalMatters investigation, students and faculty at UC San Diego protested against campus police for collaborating with Border Patrol through a federal grant program. The university will stop participating in the program and aiding patrols, sources and internal documents confirm.
Environment

‘No more vague commitments’: San Diego leaders say trade deal must have Tijuana River sewage solution

Tammy Murga

Their demand comes in response to President Trump’s refusal earlier this month to renew the trade deal.
Border & Immigration

San Diego’s cross-border economy faces uncertainty after Trump declines to renew USMCA trade deal

Gustavo Solis

Without a long-term trade deal in place, businesses are subject to annual trade reviews that could change the cost of certain imports and exports in a given year. Local business leaders fear that level of regulatory uncertainty may drive investment out of the region.
Border & Immigration

Supreme Court ruling on asylum case has roots in San Diego

Gustavo Solis

The high court ruled on three immigration related cases. Justices decided against immigrants in the asylum case and one involving migrants with Temporary Protected Status. They upheld birthright citizenship on Tuesday.
Border & Immigration

Amid escalating medical concerns, Otay Mesa Detention Center faces a question of oversight

Jake Kincaid and Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Amid immigrant detainee health concerns, Congress and San Diego County want more access and oversight at an ICE facility in Otay Mesa.
Border & Immigration

The World Cup gives Haitians in Tijuana a chance to celebrate more than soccer

Gustavo Solis

Over the past decade, Tijuana’s growing Haitian community has become a part of the city’s fabric.
Education

Sweetwater Union High School District holds first graduation ceremony in Tijuana

Katie Anastas

The ceremony allowed students to celebrate with family members who can’t cross the border.
Arts & Culture

Soccer fans pack Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego for FIFA World Cup kickoff watch party

Jacob Aere

World Cup soccer is finally here. Watch party celebrations were held in San Diego for the kickoff of the trinational tournament in Mexico.
Environment

Endangered ram dies after getting caught in concertina wire at US-Mexico border

Tammy Murga

The fatal entanglement is raising alarms among wildlife experts who say the concertina wire poses a threat to regional biodiversity.
Public Safety

Cal Fire: Border 6 Fire holds at 2,617 acres, now 50% contained

City News Service

Three days after the blaze erupted south of Marron Valley Road in Dulzura, its charred footprint was holding at an estimated 2,617 acres — 1,625 in the United States and 992 in Mexico, Cal Fire said.