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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials served subpoenas on the sheriff's department on Friday to compel it to produce information on four recent cases involving arrests of Mexican nationals believed to be in the country without authorization. It was the first time ICE had taken such a step in California. -
Court documents show that many U.S. holding cells along the Mexican border were less than half-full, even empty, during a surge of asylum-seeking families, raising questions about the Trump administration's claims that people had to wait in Mexico because it didn't have the means to accommodate them. -
It’s been just over a year since the United States began returning asylum-seekers to Mexico under the “Remain-in-Mexico” program. The situation remains desperate for thousands of migrants in Mexican border cities. -
Hundreds of children from around the world are living in migrant shelters in Tijuana. A few of those children will have a chance to play and learn in two new places, specially designed to help them grow during a time where their future is uncertain. -
KPBS Midday EditionImmigration lawyers from organizations including Jewish Family Service and the American Civil Liberties Union called for the immediate end of the program, which has sent over 60,000 Central American asylum-seekers back to Mexico. -
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. -
The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol. -
The San Diego branch of the American Civil Liberties Union filed an administrative complaint Wednesday calling for a review of the treatment of pregnant women detained at Border Patrol facilities. -
Once seen as a short-term solution, a shelter that has helped thousands of asylum seekers has found a new home in Linda Vista, and it might be there to stay. -
Guardsmen scrambled too, trying to head off groups and detaining people where they could. There was pushing and shoving. Some guardsmen carried plastic riot shields hit with rocks tossed by migrants and they occasionally zipped a rock back into the crowd. Others jogged to get into position with long staffs. Still others carried assault rifles.
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