Birthdays, benefits, borders: Top shows this week
The San Diego musical world has a distinct international and humanistic flair this week with performances from binational bands, international trios, socially conscious rock, and a live event to...
View ArticleBorder Patrol to retrain hundreds of agents on how to comply with the Fourth...
A Border Patrol agent enters an area on March 12, 2024, along the U.S. and Mexico border wall in San Diego where immigration authorities were holding migrants. (File photo by Zoë Meyers/inewsource)...
View ArticleImmigrant Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden Asylum Ban at US-Mexico Border
A Border Patrol agent motions to migrants. Photo by Chris Stone Immigrant rights groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a new policy that bars most migrants caught crossing the...
View ArticleJudge temporarily halts immigration stops, arrests without ‘reasonable...
A group of masked and heavily armed ICE agents taking one unarmed person into custody at a Santa Fe Springs swap meet. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV) A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump...
View ArticleJudge blocks Trump order barring asylum access at border; door open for appeal
American flags fly in front of border fence in San Ysidro. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) A federal judge said Wednesday that an order by President Donald Trump suspending asylum...
View ArticleFederal government violated agreement in family separation immigration case,...
An asylum seeker at the border wall reaches out for donations. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the U.S. Southern District of California has issued a preliminary...
View ArticleEl Centro’s Border Patrol Chief Being Sued Over Bakersfield Arrests Speaks
Border Patrol agents apprehend three adults and three children after they crossed the Rio Grande in a raft and surrendered. Photo by Mani Albrecht/CBP Operation “Return to Sender” immediately turned...
View ArticleImmigration Raids Rattled Kern County — Now, the ACLU Is Suing Over Alleged...
A Border Patrol agent monitors the U.S.-Mexico border. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Border Patrol agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground and...
View ArticleAmerican-ish Samoa: Debate Persists Over Rights Denied to Millions from U.S....
John Fitisemanu stands in front of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Fitisemanu, a native of the U.S. territory of American Samoa, sued the U.S. in an effort to gain birthright citizenship....
View ArticleAfter Scathing GAO Report, Border Patrol Agents Ordered to Stop Tossing...
Women are taken by Border Patrol for immigration processing. Photo by Chris Stone U.S. Customs and Border Protection has directed agents to stop discarding migrants’ personal belongings, after a...
View ArticleLocal Refugee Settlement Organizations Blast Biden’s Immigration Crackdown
Migrants at the border in San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone President Biden’s executive order limiting the number of asylum seekers who can cross the border drew criticism from Republicans and muted...
View ArticleSettlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Court Delays for Immigration Detainees
Eight people were taken to hospitals Saturday after falling off a border wall in San Diego, authorities said. Photo via OnScene.TV. A San Diego federal judge approved a settlement Thursday in a...
View ArticleSheriff’s Department Settles Class Action Case, Agrees to Better Protect...
The central jail on Front Street in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has agreed to adopt measures aimed at mitigating the risk of COVID-19...
View ArticleNo More Child Brides: Campaign Begins to Ban Underage Marriages in California
Forced and child marriage survivors arrive at a protest, organized to support a ban on child marriage, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 22. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters They stood on...
View ArticleSan Diego’s Migrant Shelter Program Marks 100,000th Asylum Seeker
Two young men seeking asylum rest on cots while waiting to begin their journey to their sponsors. Photo by Chris Stone San Diego’s nationally influential migrant shelter crossed a milestone in...
View ArticleCourt Strikes Down California’s Ban on Privately Run Immigrant Detention Centers
View of the Western Region Detention Facility along Front and C Street in downtown San Diego on Feb. 12, 2022. (Sandy Huffaker/inewsource) A U.S. appeals court on Monday struck down California’s ban...
View ArticleOpinion: Newsom’s New Gun Safety Law Just a Stunt That Even the ACLU Faults
Gov. Newsom at the signing ceremony for Senate Bill 1327. Photo courtesy of the Governor’s office Senate Bill 1327 has to be one of the strangest pieces of legislation to ever be passed by the...
View ArticleOpinion: Mass Incarceration Must End; Closing Private Prisons Is a Good Start
View of the Western Region Detention Facility along Front and C Street in Downtown San Diego on Friday, February 12, 2022. (Sandy Huffaker/inewsource) Last year, President Joe Biden acknowledged what...
View ArticleLawsuit Settles Debate: California Police Can’t Share Driver Location Data...
Vehicles move along Interstate 5 near downtown San Diego, Jan. 4, 2022. License plate readers are used to track vehicles throughout San Diego County. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) A legal agreement in...
View ArticleSan Diego County’s New Immigrant Legal Defense Program Expected to ‘Save Lives’
The sign at the entrance to the Otay Mesa Immigration and Detention Facility is pictured in San Diego, June 22, 2018. (Katie Schoolov/KPBS) San Diego County is now offering free legal services to...
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