A biweekly report that bridges the San Diego-Tijuana border. Every other Monday
Border Report: The Battle Over Lawyers for Children in Immigration Court
Two siblings, ages 15 and 17, sat in Judge Olga Attia’s immigration courtroom, headphones pressed to their ears so they could hear through a Spanish interpreter what the judge was explaining to them. Attia, appearing on a television screen above the judge’s desk that morning in early April, talked through the children’s rights in immigration…
Border Report: Death of Baja Commander Hits Close to Home in San Diego
Law enforcement officers in San Diego, and beyond, are mourning the violent death of a Baja California state police commander who helped detain U.S. fugitives in Mexico.
Border Report: Deportation Threat Looms Over Haitian Immigrants
Outside a local home improvement store, groups of men stand and sit in the shade of a cluster of nearby trees. A few stand in the parking lot, dodging instructions from the store’s security guards to move to public property as they ask people leaving the store if they need help loading supplies or installing…
Border Report: US Rejects Mexico’s Emergency Water Request
For decades, special deliveries of Colorado water to Tijuana have been routinely taking place.
Border Report: On the Lookout for ICE
Amid rising fears about mass deportations, a group of volunteers patrols for signs of immigration enforcement.
Border Report: Tariffs or Not, Baja Pushes to Attract Semiconductor Companies
As a girl growing up in Tijuana and San Diego, Joanna Loaiza read adventure stories, swam laps at her local pool, and dreamed of one day becoming an engineer. Today, the 22-year-old is preparing to graduate from CETYS Universidad in Tijuana with a degree in computer engineering. She’s learning about electronic chips, or semiconductors, the…
Border Report: One Woman’s Brush with Immigration Officials
Immigration officials tried to pull a San Diego woman from her home. Now she’s afraid they will come back.
Border Report: Why Tijuana’s Top Migrant Affairs Expert Is Gone
Jose Luis Perez Canchola warned that the city was not prepared for President Trump’s plan for mass deportations and the cancellation of asylum appointments. City officials pressured him to resign.
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