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Border & Immigration

San Diego ports of entry to pause traffic for brief 9/11 remembrance

City News Service

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's San Diego Field Office advised motorists of a brief pause in northbound traffic operations at land ports of entry Friday morning to observe the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Arts & Culture

City of Poetry: Tijuana's 28th Annual National Poetry Prize open for submissions

Matthew Bowler

Mexican poet and Nobel laureate Octavio Paz says poetry makes real “the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.” Tijuana is proudly continuing that tradition with a national poetry prize and the window for submissions is now open.
Border & Immigration

ICE arrests surge in San Diego even as the Trump administration takes more low-key approach

Brenden Tuccinardi

Gustavo Solis

In July, ICE arrested nearly 2,000 people in San Diego and Imperial Counties, setting a record for the most arrests in a single month in President Trump's second term.
Border & Immigration

Trump administration lets funding lapse for lawyers representing children in immigration court

Gustavo Solis

More than 20,000 migrant children nationwide could end up representing themselves in court because a federal contract expired last month.
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

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.
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.