A San Diego legal expert said the order upends the traditional understanding of who is a citizen, rooted in the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark in 1898.
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The response to the allegations has been swift. But leaders say communal processing will take time. -
The Supreme Court hears arguments over the order's fate Wednesday in a New Hampshire case. The 14th Amendment and federal law have been widely understood to make citizens of everyone born in the country, with narrow exceptions. -
A record 94,000 people participated in 21 separate "No Kings" protests in San Diego County on Saturday, organizers said on Monday. -
The so-called No Kings protest in downtown San Diego gets underway at Waterfront Park at 10 a.m. Saturday, next to the County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway. The march will head south along Harbor Drive past Ruocco Park and back north on Pacific Highway. -
Legislators approved an audit of three of the state’s federally-funded fusion centers, citing concerns about civil liberties and privacy. -
Why they relaunched, and what their work means for people in San Diego's justice system. -
The mayors were in Sacramento Wednesday asking lawmakers to put $1 billion dollars back into the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program. -
Acuña’s landmark 1972 textbook “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos” continues to be taught in schools. -
"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson. -
The San Diego Unified School District is beginning a process Wednesday to rename a Southcrest elementary school following sexual abuse allegations against deceased labor leader César Chávez earlier this month.
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