Mexico Politics

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Judge Gives US 6 Months To Identify Children Split At Border

The Associated Press

A federal judge says he will give the Trump administration six months to identify children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border early in the president's term.
Border & Immigration

Court Sets Hearing On Trump Administration's Asylum Policy

The Associated Press

A federal appeals court on Wednesday scheduled a hearing over whether to stop the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings.
KPBS Midday Edition

Judge Blocks Trump's Asylum Policy But Delays Enforcement

The Associated Press

A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases, but the ruling is on hold for several days.
Border & Immigration

California Sees Shift In Immigration Detention Contracts

The Associated Press

For nearly eight years, a desert community has joined with a private prison company and federal officials to run California's largest immigration detention facility.
Economy

San Diego, Interrupted: Trump’s Threats To Close The Border Slow Cross-Border Trade

Jean Guerrero

President Trump's threats to close the border are frightening people on both sides of the San Diego-Tijuana border, resulting in less commerce between the two cities.
KPBS Midday Edition

Trump Backs Off Border Shutdown But Threatens Auto Tariffs

The Associated Press

Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead on Thursday that he'd slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the country does more to stop the flow of migrants and drugs coming to the U.S.
Border & Immigration

Mexico To Issue Limited Humanitarian Visas To Migrants

The Associated Press

Mexican immigration officials plan to issue humanitarian visas on a "limited basis" starting Monday to some of the roughly 2,500 Central American and Caribbean migrants gathered in the southern state of Chiapas.
International

Nearly 100 Local Business Leaders Traveling To Mexico City

City News Service

A delegation of almost 100 community and business leaders from San Diego and Baja California will sojourn to Mexico City this weekend for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's 14th annual Binational Delegation, the chamber announced Thursday.
Border & Immigration

Mexico's President Renews Call For Apology From Spain For Conquest Violence

Jean Guerrero

Mexico’s President was in Tijuana on Wednesday repeating his call for Spain to apologize for crimes against indigenous people during their conquest of what's now Mexico.
Border & Immigration

US Seeks More Time On How To Address Separated Children

The Associated Press

The Trump administration wants more time to say how it will address potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border.