The brewing crisis at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border is yet another deliberate insult to California by President Trump. ...
Daily Archives: November 30, 2018
Migrants plot next move as tensions in Tijuana heighten
For thousands of Central Americans packed into a sports complex in Tijuana that’s crowded with tents and smells strongly of sewage, the journey has only gotten harder. ...
Repelled by tear gas and confusion, many migrants leave the caravan to return home
For some migrants in the caravan, Sunday’s spurt of violence, which seemed to have begun when a handful of migrants chucked rocks over the border fence, was too much. Hundreds, in resignation, decided Monday to take up t ...
The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally is the lowest in more than a decade, a new study finds
The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally dropped to the lowest in more than a decade in 2016, according to a new report. ...
Rain turns migrant camp in Tijuana into a miserable, muddy pit
For the last two weeks, the 39-year-old from El Salvador has been living in Tijuana with more than 6,000 other migrants in a sports stadium not far from the U.S. border. Food has been sparse, the smell of sewage inescapa ...
Dems won’t pick shutdown fight over Dreamers
Democrats are backing away from a potential floor fight over “Dreamers,” marking a shift in field tactics from earlier this year as they prepare to do battle with Republicans next week over a major government funding bil ...
A Private Prison Company Says Georgia’s Investigation Into a Detainee’s Death Must Stay Secret
A private prison company worked to block the release of potentially embarrassing information about a suicide at one of its immigration detention centers this summer, according to emails obtained from the Georgia Bureau o ...
Caravan Migrants in Tijuana: God Will ‘Touch the Heart of Donald Trump’ and Let Us In
“I have faith in God we’ll get to the United States,” said Aguilar, who carries a Bible and a change of clothes in his backpack. “With the faith we have, [Trump] have a hard heart, but if God touches it, he’ll change and ...
The Haunting Power of a Viral Photo from the Tijuana Border
Earlier this week, after the Trump Administration sent tear-gas canisters flying across the United States-Mexico border, into Tijuana, trailing lines of smoke like tiny jet streams aimed at the so-called caravan of refug ...
Caravan women launch hunger strike, putting pressure on U.S. and Mexico
A group of migrant women in the caravan announced Thursday that it would begin a hunger strike to protest the slow pace at which the women are being allowed to apply for asylum, as officials from the United States and Me ...
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