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Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited — this time over President Donald Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary. -
Nonprofit founder Ramla Sahid earned a fellowship from a California foundation that included a $250,000 grant. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to sue the Trump administration over its handling of asylum-seeking families. -
President Donald Trump headed to the Texas border on Monday to argue his case that walls work as Democrats and Republicans back home in Washington announced a deal had been reached to avoid another government shutdown. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego State University Library has released a collection of hundreds of letters from asylum-seekers being held at the Otay Mesa detention center. -
A top Mexican official says the Mexican government wants to welcome migrants, regardless of which border they're coming from. -
The Rio Grande marks the border between Texas and Mexico, ensuring that any land barrier on the U.S. side creates space between the wall and demarcation line established in bilateral treaties. One treaty limits construction on the Rio Grande flood plain, trapping homes in a no man's land between a wall built in the 2000s and the river. -
KPBS Midday EditionFace to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside "revenge, resistance and retribution" and end "ridiculous partisan investigations" in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency. -
A five-year plan has 20 different recommendations for immigrant and refugee integration — things like creating an office for immigration advancement, job training and career placement. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Trump administration says it would require extraordinary effort to reunite what may be thousands of migrant children who have been separated from their parents and, even if it could, the children would likely be emotionally harmed.
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