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Border & Immigration

Border wall settlement leads to environmental remediation funding in San Diego County

City News Service

Funds that were initially intended for military construction projects were diverted to the border wall's construction, but will be redirected to their original projects.
Politics

Migrants detained in San Diego County don’t have legal access as Biden promised, attorneys say

Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Individuals in immigration court proceedings are far more likely to succeed if they are represented by an attorney, yet most facing deportation in San Diego courts are not.
Border & Immigration

Tijuana baseball team hopes to take a swing at Little League World Series

Gustavo Solis

Tijuana is one of the favorites heading into Mexico’s national tournament in Monterrey in July.
Border & Immigration

Supreme Court upholds federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration

Jessica Gresko

The court by a 7-2 vote Friday rejected arguments the law is too broad and violates the Constitution.
Politics

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

Joel Rose

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.
Politics

Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, disputes claims of coercion

Tran Nguyen and Olga R. Rodriguez

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration says three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the southern border to California on private planes went willingly.
Border & Immigration

US Border Patrol chief is retiring after seeing through end of Title 42 immigration restrictions

Colleen Long

Chief Raul Ortiz has seen through a major policy shift seeking to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Border & Immigration

4-year-old child is 'OK' after being dropped from high border wall in San Diego

The Associated Press

Surveillance video in San Diego captured the routine — and highly risky — occurrence. An agency spokesman says the child crossed the border with two adults, all of whom were taken into custody.
National

9th Circuit reverses judge's ruling striking down deportation law as racist

Rio Yamat

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed a ruling by a federal judge in Nevada that struck down a U.S. deportation law as racist and unconstitutional.
Border & Immigration

‘This is inhumane’: Hundreds of migrants waiting in San Diego desert without food, water, shelter as Title 42 ends

Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Cody Dulaney

Cities like San Diego and El Paso have been under close watch as Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that turned away millions of migrants, ended Thursday.