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With immigration laws temporarily suspended at the border during the coronavirus pandemic, people who enter the U.S. illegally are immediately expelled without even a piece of paper, generally within two hours and with no chance to plead for protection from persecution. Facing no consequences, migrants are more determined to keep trying until they succeed. -
A new lawsuit aims to end the controversial “Remain in Mexico” program, which has sent over 60,000 asylum seekers back to Mexico since its implementation in early 2019. -
Community members are skeptical that a police investigation into the Border Patrol shooting would be done without influence or tampering by the agency. -
KPBS Midday EditionA federal judge wants the Department of Justice to participate more in the search for the parents of hundreds of children it separated from them at the border. -
As COVID-19 limited travel the US asylum system nearly ground to a halt, and the US has expelled anyone who crosses the border without authorization in a matter of minutes. It has also postponed all scheduled asylum hearings for those in the “Remain-in-Mexico” program. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe surge in early voting across San Diego county, the Supreme Court sides with President Trump to end the census early, and a look at what happens to asylum seekers who are returned to Central America. -
San Diego’s refugees lost income, missed medical appointments and struggled with the shift to online schooling, according to a new survey. -
Protesters gathered at the Otay Mesa Detention Center to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop transfers of federal detainees and release those at risk of contracting COVID-19. -
A federal judge has temporarily lifted a visa ban on a large number of work permits, undercutting a measure that the Trump administration says will protect American jobs in a pandemic-wracked economy. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday written by Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, which is intended to end the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's practice of accessing gas and electric customer utility data to facilitate deportations.
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