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Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship with Executive Order
President Trump said Tuesday he would try to end the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship with an executive order. Trump told the online news site Axios that an executive order to attempt...
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San Diego Agencies Organize Shelter for Refugees ‘Abandoned on Streets’
A coalition of respected San Diego social service agencies revealed Monday an emergency program to help hundreds of refugees “abandoned on the street by ICE” in recent weeks. Led by the ACLU, Jewish...
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Opinion: Refugee Shelter a Typically American Response to Government Mistakes
The privately funded shelter for refugees opened last month and revealed Monday by a coalition of San Diego social service agencies follows a long tradition of Americans taking government-created...
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Governor Promises Emergency $5 Million to Help Migrants Entering California
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget unveiled Thursday includes emergency funding to assist asylum seekers who have recently entered the United States as well as the humanitarian organizations that support them....
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Judge Sabraw Says ‘Very Encouraging Number’ of Separated Parents Contacted
A federal judge in San Diego said Friday he is encouraged by the government’s plan to locate parents who were either deported or released into the United States after being separated from their...
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ACLU Sues to Stop Threatened ICE Deportation Raids in Southern California
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California filed suit Thursday to protect thousands of immigrant families and children targeted for deportation in mass raids expected Sunday....
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Reports: Planned Weekend ICE Raids Either ‘Failed to Materialize’ or Sharply...
There were conflicting reports late Sunday about planned immigration raids targeting major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. NPR wrote that the raids “failed to materialize.” Ruthie...
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ACLU: Government Continues to Separate Immigrant Children from Families
The American Civil Liberties Union alleged in court filings Tuesday that the U.S. government has continued separating immigrant children from their families despite a San Diego federal judge’s court...
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ACLU Sues, Alleging Administration Denied Asylum Seekers Counsel, Violating...
A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of a Guatemalan family alleges they were unfairly denied asylum, despite continuing to face threats at home. The ACLU filed the suit against the U.S....
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Guatemalan Family at Heart of Class-Action Suit Gets Medical Treatment in U.S.
A Guatemalan family who claim they were denied access to legal counsel while trying to secure asylum in the United States has received “urgently needed medical care” at a San Diego-area migrant shelter...
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San Diego Groups Call for End to ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy as DHS Expands It
On the one-year anniversary of a federal policy requiring asylum seekers crossing the southern U.S. border to remain in Mexico while their cases are pending, a group of legal service providers and...
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Complaint: Guatemalan Woman in Labor Was Ignored at Chula Vista Border Station
An administrative complaint was filed Wednesday on behalf of a Guatemalan woman who was allegedly ignored by U.S. Border Patrol officers as she went into labor earlier this year at the Chula Vista...
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4 Local Immigrant Detainees Released After Suit Over Coronavirus Concerns
The San Diego-area chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Monday celebrated the release of four immigrant detainees it sought to free amid a series of COVID-19 outbreaks at ICE facilities. All...
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Feinstein, Harris Call for Investigation Into Otay Mesa Detention Center
Senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein Wednesday called for an investigation into the treatment of detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which has seen the largest number of COVID-19 cases...
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Otay Mesa Detainee Dies From COVID-19 Amid Legal Fight for Detainee Release
An Otay Mesa Detention Center detainee died Wednesday from COVID-19, marking the first confirmed death of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee from the virus, according to the American...
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Judge Denies Request to Release 34 Detainees Amid Otay Mesa COVID-19 Outbreak
A San Diego federal judge refused Tuesday to release 34 “medically vulnerable” detainees from the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which has the largest COVID-19 outbreak among the nation’s U.S....
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ACLU Sues to Stop Threatened ICE Deportation Raids in Southern California
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California filed suit Thursday to protect thousands of immigrant families and children targeted for deportation in mass raids expected Sunday....
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Governor Promises Emergency $5 Million to Help Migrants Entering California
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget unveiled Thursday includes emergency funding to assist asylum seekers who have recently entered the United States as well as the humanitarian organizations that support them....
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What the Failure of Prop. 25 Means for the California Justice System
Proposition 25 would have made California the first state to end cash bail by allowing each county to use an algorithm to assess a person’s flight risk or likelihood of reoffending while awaiting...
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ACLU Sues to Stop Threatened ICE Deportation Raids in Southern California
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California filed suit Thursday to protect thousands of immigrant families and children targeted for deportation in mass raids expected Sunday....
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