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The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday criticized a judge's ruling barring his agency from relying solely on databases that have at times led to the wrongful detention of American citizens. -
KPBS Midday EditionOn Wednesday, Turkish military forces entered Syrian territory, attacking US-backed Kurdish militias who have been fighting Islamic State. Across the world here in San Diego, the Kurdish community was gripped with fear and outrage. -
A new study from San Diego State University finds that stricter border enforcement creates a greater climate for Customs and Border Protection corruption. -
For months, asylum-seekers sent back to Mexico under the “Remain-in-Mexico” policy have struggled to navigate US immigration courts, mostly without the help of lawyers. Now, a new program aims to help them at least know their rights. -
Civil libertarians say immigration officials are overseeing a drastic expansion of how DNA is used on non-criminal populations by targeting the migrant population. -
KPBS Midday EditionHistorian Kelly Lytle Hernández, who grew up in San Diego and graduated from UC San Diego, is one of 26 recipients of 2019 MacArthur Fellowship Award. -
The Trump administration is planning to expand the collection of DNA from migrants who cross U.S. borders, and to include the information in a massive criminal database operated by the FBI. -
A joint investigation by The Associated Press and FRONTLINE has found that the Trump administration has started shifting some of the caretaking of migrant children toward the private sector and contractors instead of the largely religious-based nonprofit grantees that have long cared for the kids. -
This is the first death in ICE custody of the new fiscal year, which started Oct. 1. The agency said it will be investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. -
Trump’s executive order again thrusts states and cities into immigration policy, willingly or not, like when they had to decide whether to work closely with federal deportation officers or become “sanctuaries” that limit cooperation.
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