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On Thursday, the governor announced that an expansion of Medi-Cal to undocumented seniors was no longer being considered, as the state looks to tighten its belt during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. -
In a visit to San Diego, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said it would be "irresponsible" to release all the detainees in ICE custody. -
A lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a federal judge Friday the agency has released more than 65 medically vulnerable detainees from the Otay Mesa Detention Center this week. -
Carlos Escobar-Mejia was on a list of detainees considered medically vulnerable and eligible for immediate release.
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Construction crews have begun building the border wall in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. It’s the first new miles of border fencing in San Diego county in decades. -
KPBS Midday EditionA detainee in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has died of COVID-19. This marks the first death of an immigration detainee in ICE detention nationwide. -
It was the second time in two days that judges refused to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom's $75 million plan to aid an estimated 150,000 unemployed adults who were left out of the stimulus package approved by Congress because of their immigration status. -
KPBS Midday EditionImmigration and Customs Enforcement has released just two immigrant detainees identified as "medically vulnerable" from the Otay Mesa Detention facility since a federal judge ordered ICE last Friday to review for release detainees at high risk for coronavirus.
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A San Diego federal judge ordered Thursday that a group of up to 69 "medically vulnerable" detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center be screened for release amid a coronavirus outbreak at the facility. -
While many jobs have been lost and others are now remote during the pandemic, farm workers have stayed out in hot fields, making sure San Diego stays fed.
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