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Title 42 is ending. What does that mean for San Diego and Tijuana?

Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Advocates, attorneys and officials within the migrant community in San Diego and Tijuana met the news with relief and skepticism.
KPBS Midday Edition

Mexican immigration officers begin checks on northbound border traffic

Maureen Cavanaugh

Megan Burke

Immigration advocates are concerned the move is aimed at stopping asylum seekers from making their claims at the border.
KPBS Midday Edition

'Singing Our Way To Freedom' tells the story of Chicano icon Chunky Sanchez

Maureen Cavanaugh

Harrison Patiño

The documentary from filmmaker Paul Espinosa details Sanchez's early involvement in the Chicano movement and his relationship with Cesar Chavez.
Local

California leaders take part in binational event in Mexico City

City News Service

After a two-year pause caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 100 business, community and government leaders from San Diego and Baja California have arrived in Mexico City to promote U.S.-Mexico relations and binational business issues, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Monday.
Local

Friendship Park advocates deliver letters of protest to border officials

Gustavo Solis

Friends of Friendship Park submitted letters from more than 400 faith leaders, activists, artists, educators and medical professionals.
Local

New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees

Julie Watson and Amy Taxin / Associated Press

The Biden administration is expected to make permanent a program that allows everyday Americans to resettle people displaced from a slew of countries.
Local

US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

The Associated Press

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August. At the same time, migrants from Mexico and some Central American countries were stopped less frequently.
Local

'Invisible' crime of extortion takes a heavy toll on Tijuana, according to new study

Gustavo Solis

Researchers from UC San Diego and Mexico spent a year talking to Tijuana shopkeepers about their experiences with extortion.
Border & Immigration

No longer young, 'dreamers' uneasily watch a legal challenge

Amancai Biraben and Adrian Sainz

‘Dreamers,' long a symbol of immigrant youth, are increasingly easing into middle age as eligibility requirements have been frozen since 2012 when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was introduced.
Politics

California won't bar parolee transfers to immigration agents

Don Thompson

The practice drew new attention after inmate firefighters risked their lives but were turned over to ICE after their parole. Organizations representing police chiefs, sheriffs and rank-and-file officers opposed the legislation.