National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on immigration By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:10 a.m. Immigration is a top presidential election issue again in 2024.
Courts | Leader of smuggling ring involved in fatal pursuit sentenced to maximum. ‘You don’t have remorse.’ By Alex Riggins October 11, 2024 at 3:15 p.m. Prosecutors said Felipe De Jesus Rosales-Herrera was the "ringleader of a long-running and extensive" migrant...
National Politics | Trump drives his anti-immigration message in Aurora, Colorado By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. Trump has claimed extensively that Venezuelan gangs are taking over buildings, even though authorities say...
National News | Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 5:33 p.m. Aurora’s crime rate has followed a downward trend seen across the country. That’s despite the...
Health | Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status By Tribune News Service October 10, 2024 at 11:24 a.m. Supporters say policies illuminate the costs of care. Critics say they dissuade immigrants from seeking...
National Politics | Trump says migrants who have committed murder have introduced ‘a lot of bad genes in our country’ By Associated Press October 7, 2024 at 2:36 p.m. It’s the latest example of Trump alleging that immigrants are changing the hereditary makeup of...
National Politics | FACT FOCUS: Claims that more than 300,000 migrant children are missing lack context By Associated Press October 2, 2024 at 3:46 p.m. Immigration experts say the claims regarding missing migrant children lack significant context.
National News | Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border By Associated Press September 30, 2024 at 1:40 p.m. The new rules, which toughen restrictions announced in June, bar migrants from being granted asylum...
National Politics | Trump is pointing to new numbers on migrants with criminal pasts. Here’s what they show By Associated Press September 30, 2024 at 11:04 a.m. Republicans are pointing to newly released immigration enforcement data to bolster their argument that the...
News | San Diego County selects Virginia-based company to run new migrant aid center By Emily Alvarenga September 23, 2024 at 8:14 a.m. Some local migrant services groups have already voiced concerns about the choice of a non-local...
News | Supervisor Desmond, former San Diego Border Patrol chief testify at House hearing By Alexandra Mendoza September 19, 2024 at 8:12 a.m. County Supervisor Jim Desmond told lawmakers that the arrival of so many migrants has strained...
News | Runners cross from San Ysidro into Tijuana as part of binational half marathon By Alexandra Mendoza September 17, 2024 at 6:29 a.m. Early Sunday, about 1,500 people participated in the binational race — which included a half...
News | Who will run a new migrant aid center? After months of talks, county is back to the drawing board By Emily Alvarenga September 13, 2024 at 1:21 p.m. Although San Diego County and Jewish Family Service of San Diego mutually agreed to end...
An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight By Associated Press September 11, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. The falsehoods about Springfield’s Haitian immigrants were spread online by Trump’s running mate, JD Vance,...
Education | Migrant families find refuge in a Barrio Logan school: ‘The torment is over’ By Kristen Taketa September 8, 2024 at 5:35 a.m. The chance to enroll in Perkins K-8 after months of uncertainty and danger has been...
News | Republicans focus on U.S.-Mexico border during congressional hearing and Vance San Diego visit By Alexandra Mendoza September 6, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday to get local perspectives on the...
News | She lived undocumented in San Marcos. She returns to Mexico 20 years later as a federal legislator. By Alexandra Mendoza September 4, 2024 at 9:47 a.m. Maribel Solache was sworn in as one of Mexico’s 500 federal deputies in Congress, but...
News | Investigation finds no crime committed when migrant groups approached school buses near Dulzura By Alexandra Mendoza August 30, 2024 at 8:01 a.m. Two groups of migrants approached school buses on their routes twice this week near the...
News | San Diego migrant aid organizations secure $43M in federal funding By Alexandra Mendoza August 29, 2024 at 2:26 p.m. Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego and Jewish Family Service of San Diego will split...
Politics | Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status By Associated Press August 23, 2024 at 12:12 p.m. Sixteen Republican-led states filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden...
News | Homeless encampment that drew asylum seekers cleared from Barrio Logan park By Alexandra Mendoza August 15, 2024 at 7:45 p.m. Dozens of people lived in the camp for the past several months but were warned...
News | CBP video shows woman falling to death from Otay Mesa border fence amid delayed rescue By Alex Riggins August 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. A Border Patrol agent led firefighters to the wrong side of the fence where they...
News | California lawmakers push to get local health inspectors into immigration facilities By Vanessa G. Sánchez July 27, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. Local public health officers say they don’t have authority under state law to inspect detention...
News | House Speaker Johnson, Rep. Issa tour U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego By Alexandra Mendoza July 26, 2024 at 5:55 p.m. The U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego is a backdrop for election-season debates over immigration policy
Courts | 19 charged in maritime human smuggling operation in San Diego By Caleb Lunetta July 25, 2024 at 6:24 a.m. Federal prosecutors alleged the organization made hundreds of thousands of dollars smuggling people into the...
Courts | San Diego-area Border Patrol agent claims immunity from prosecution in fatal crash By Alex Riggins July 22, 2024 at 3:48 p.m. Border Patrol Agent Dustin Sato-Smith has successfully moved his case from state court to federal...
Courts | Feds in San Diego allege Sierra Leone man heads massive human smuggling operation By Alex Riggins July 18, 2024 at 4:41 p.m. Federal authorities allege in an indictment that Abdul Karim Conteh and his Mexican wife coordinated...
News | Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego dip with Biden order By Alexandra Mendoza July 17, 2024 at 10:02 a.m. Still, with more than 25,000 encounters last month, the San Diego sector was again the...
Courts | Feds in San Diego unseal long-hidden immigration fraud case against Saudi who helped 9/11 hijackers By Alex Riggins July 11, 2024 at 6:48 p.m. The unsealing of Omar al-Bayoumi's case appears connected to a civil lawsuit seeking to link...
Education | Are bilingual and binational students getting the schooling they need? There’s ‘a lot of work we need to do,’ educators say By Kristen Taketa July 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. More than a million California public school students are English learners. Meanwhile, 45,000 students cross...
News | Immigrant U.S. military service members take citizenship oaths. ‘This is a country you chose.’ By Noah Lyons July 2, 2024 at 8:24 p.m. Forty military service members from 19 countries took the oath to become U.S. citizens atop...
News | Migrants detained in San Diego are quietly being moved out of state By Kate Morrissey June 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Dozens are relocated by ICE, cutting them off from their attorneys and, sometimes, their families
News | Border crossings and migrant street releases remain steady despite Biden’s executive order By Alexandra Mendoza June 19, 2024 at 5:53 p.m. In the week and a half since the presidential asylum restrictions were implemented, more than...
News | Biden’s asylum order takes shape along U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego with uptick in deportations By Alexandra Mendoza June 9, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. On Friday morning, three days after President Joe Biden signed an executive order limiting access...
News | Anxiety and uncertainty set in at San Diego-Tijuana border before rollout of Biden’s immigration order By Alexandra Mendoza June 5, 2024 at 1:56 p.m. President Joe Biden's order to restrict asylum sowed uncertainty at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday as...
News | Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border By San Diego Union-Tribune June 4, 2024 at 4:09 p.m. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking...
News | San Diego Congress members seek more answers about Border Patrol units that operated without oversight By Alex Riggins May 31, 2024 at 12:56 a.m. A trio of San Diego Congress members led by Rep. Juan Vargas are calling on...
Local Politics | County seeks operator for new migrant transition center with $19.6 million in federal funds By Alexandra Mendoza May 22, 2024 at 1:38 p.m. The county Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to accept $19.6 million in federal funding to...
News | Shifting migrant routes make San Diego the new hot spot for illegal border crossings By Alexandra Mendoza June 7, 2024 at 5:06 p.m. San Diego County has become the busiest corridor for illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border...
News | Federal watchdog: Border Patrol critical incident teams operated in San Diego and beyond without oversight By Alex Riggins May 17, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Seven of nine U.S. Border Patrol sectors along the U.S.-Mexico border operated "homegrown" teams to...
News | Biden administration will propose tougher asylum standards for some migrants at the border By Seung Min Kim May 9, 2024 at 12:43 a.m. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the...
Local Politics | County moves forward with plan for a long-term migrant center after securing federal funding By Alexandra Mendoza May 3, 2024 at 2:58 a.m. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to move forward with a...
News | President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador discuss migration in latest call By San Diego Union-Tribune April 29, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on...
Local Politics | Migrant services groups call on county for ‘seat at the table’ in deciding how to spend federal funds By Emily Alvarenga April 27, 2024 at 2:22 a.m. Local migrant services groups are urging San Diego County leaders to collaborate with those working...
News | Brothers plead guilty to taking migrants hostage in Escondido By City News Service April 24, 2024 at 3:12 a.m. Two brothers who kidnapped migrants and held them for ransom at an Escondido home have...
Local Politics | San Diego County gets $19.6M in federal funding for migrant services but must now decide how to spend it By Emily Alvarenga April 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. San Diego County is one step closer to finding a long-term solution to assist migrants...
News | What’s the deal with the long vehicle lines to cross into Tijuana? The fix could take a while. By Alexandra Mendoza April 9, 2024 at 8:17 p.m. Long southbound lines at the San Ysidro-Tijuana vehicle border crossing used to be expected on...
Things to do | Murals from the old border wall were going to be destroyed. Now they will be given new life. By Alexandra Mendoza March 21, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. TIJUANA — When it became inevitable that the old U.S.-Mexico border fence along Friendship Park would be...
News | ‘We’ll just rebuild’: Volunteers overcome demolitions, vandals to shelter migrants near Jacumba Hot Springs By Alex Riggins March 16, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Late last month, a demolition crew contracted by the federal government demolished the shelters that...
News | Immigration detainees entitled to see judge within 11 days of arrest under class-action settlement By Alexandra Mendoza March 16, 2024 at 1:00 a.m. A settlement was reached Thursday in a federal class-action lawsuit that challenged weekslong delays faced...
News | Nearly 100 migrants cross into the U.S. from the Tijuana River canal By Alexandra Mendoza March 11, 2024 at 10:44 p.m. Nearly 100 people crossed into the U.S. from the Tijuana River channel on Sunday morning,...
News | Migrant drownings along San Diego coastline surged after border fence got taller, study says By Alexandra Mendoza March 11, 2024 at 3:54 p.m. Migrant drowning deaths along the San Diego County coastline surged in the four years after...
News | Mexico’s ruling party announces surprise choice for Tijuana mayoral candidate By Alexandra Mendoza March 8, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. TIJUANA — For months, it appeared the Morena political party's choice for Tijuana's mayoral race would be...
News | Man killed during encounter with Border Patrol special-ops team at border By Alexandra Mendoza March 5, 2024 at 11:13 p.m. A person who federal officials described as an "armed individual" was killed in an encounter...
News | Meet Mexico’s new consul general, who wants to ‘place women at the center’ in San Diego By Alexandra Mendoza March 5, 2024 at 2:49 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego's new Mexican consul general described her first days here as a "marathon."...
News | Nearly a dozen injured after falling from border wall, officials say By Blake Nelson March 4, 2024 at 6:59 a.m. Eleven people were hurt Saturday after falling from a border fence by the Tijuana River...
News | Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US By Acacia Coronado February 29, 2024 at 5:06 p.m. AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police...
News | Man dies after fall from U.S.-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa By Alexandra Mendoza February 29, 2024 at 1:39 a.m. A man died after falling from the U.S.-Mexico border fence Tuesday in an area west...
News | US asylum measure aimed at curbing claims has limited impact given strained border budget By Elliot Spagat February 28, 2024 at 2:24 p.m. TUCSON, Ariz. — Inside giant white tents that house about 1,000 migrants near Tucson International Airport, Border...
Local Politics | County approves plan to develop long-term migrant center and shelter. Next is the search for funding. By Alexandra Mendoza February 28, 2024 at 4:45 a.m. The county Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to explore outside funding for a...
News | Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, dueling for advantage on immigration By Colleen Long February 26, 2024 at 4:22 p.m. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico...
News | Border Patrol resumes migrant drop-offs at San Diego transit site after aid center closes By Alexandra Mendoza February 26, 2024 at 4:16 p.m. On his way to the U.S.-Mexico border, Abdou Khan, an asylum seeker from Gambia, heard...
News | Man accused of arranging maritime smuggling attempt that killed three migrants off Ocean Beach arrested By City News Service February 23, 2024 at 2:13 a.m. A Santa Barbara man who allegedly arranged a human smuggling attempt that led to the...
Local Politics | With San Diego migrant center closing, Border Patrol drop-offs likely to resume at transit stations By Alexandra Mendoza February 23, 2024 at 4:40 a.m. The migrant welcome center that has been serving the rising number people arriving in San...
News | White House weighing executive actions on the border – with immigration powers used by Trump By Colleen Long February 22, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. WASHINGTON — The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former...
Local Politics | Migrant welcome center set to close this week as county funds run out early By Alexandra Mendoza February 20, 2024 at 4:19 a.m. A temporary welcome center that for months has provided essential services to tens of thousands...
News | Mexican inspection stations are blocking gaps in the San Diego desert border fence. Will it slow crossings? By Alexandra Mendoza February 12, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. On a slushy Thursday morning, volunteer Sam Schultz drove his pickup loaded with warm clothes...
News | GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated By Colleen Long February 8, 2024 at 8:07 p.m. WASHINGTON — Build more wall. Reinstate Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut down the U.S.-Mexico border.Congressional Republicans...
News | Mexican foot guide who admitted sexually assaulting 17-year-old migrant sentenced to prison By Alex Riggins February 5, 2024 at 11:53 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A Mexican foot guide who admitted to repeatedly sexually assaulting an unaccompanied 17-year-old girl...
News | 17 detained after lifeguards tow suspected smuggling boat disabled off Mission Beach By Karen Kucher February 1, 2024 at 11:20 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A suspected smuggling boat carrying 17 people was towed to shore by San...
News | Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border By Mark Sherman January 22, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now...
Local News | Chula Vista will pursue rejoining ‘welcoming city’ program, just not the same as before By Tammy Murga January 18, 2024 at 1:19 a.m. Last May, the Chula Vista City Council agreed to pursue recertification by a national nonprofit...
News | Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts By San Diego Union-Tribune January 15, 2024 at 5:17 p.m. MIAMI — Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their...
News | Six apprehended after suspected smuggling boat comes to shore in Ocean Beach By Karen Kucher January 10, 2024 at 11:42 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Six people were detained on suspicion of being in the country illegally after...
News | How will San Diego medical providers be affected by state’s newly launched coverage of undocumented immigrants? By Paul Sisson January 5, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. San Diego health systems see financial and operational benefits in the state's latest expansion of...
Local Politics | $3 million spent, $3 million to go: Here’s how county funds are being used on migrant services By Emily Alvarenga July 23, 2024 at 6:40 p.m. The South Bay nonprofit contracted by the county to spearhead migrant services will continue to...
Sports | Homelessness, border, Padres: These are the San Diego stories to watch in 2024 By Staff Report December 29, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. Here are some key stories to watch in the coming year, according to Union-Tribune reporters.A...
News | Deported veteran who co-founded resource center to help others returns home By Alexandra Mendoza December 28, 2023 at 11:03 p.m. SAN YSIDRO — As co-director of a deported veterans resource center in Tijuana, U.S. Army veteran Héctor...
News | US delegation meets with Mexico’s government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp By Edgar H. Clemente December 27, 2023 at 2:22 p.m. MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio...
News | What does it take to sponsor a new refugee family? These San Diego neighbors are about to find out. By Maura Fox December 27, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. Megan Gross didn’t plan on having a big Christmas party this year — she typically...
News | Thousands join migrant caravan in Mexico ahead of Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to the capital By Edgar H. Clemente December 24, 2023 at 8:21 p.m. TAPACHULA, Mexico — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries trekked...
News | A Logan Heights twist on the Christmas posada connects with those who still seek shelter By Alexandra Mendoza December 23, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Illuminated by candlelight, the two 9-year-old parishioners dressed as Mary and Joseph led a posada...
News | ‘Best Christmas present ever’: Deported U.S. veteran returns home after nearly 20 years By Alexandra Mendoza December 21, 2023 at 5:48 p.m. On Sunday, Raúl Orlando Calix — a former U.S. Marine deported nearly 20 years ago...
News | Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress, White House weigh major asylum limits By Elliot Spagat December 19, 2023 at 2:52 p.m. LUKEVILLE, Ariz. — Hundreds of dates are written on concrete-filled steel columns erected along the U.S. border...
News | Second complaint filed over conditions for migrants at open-air detention sites in San Diego desert By Maura Fox December 15, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. Immigrant rights groups say that the Border Patrol is continuing to violate federal standards by...
News | Mexican cousins sentenced for piloting panga that capsized off Imperial Beach, leaving 3 dead By Alex Riggins December 15, 2023 at 2:08 a.m. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced two Baja California cousins to more than four years...
News | Razor-wire and federal agents: Mexico’s increasingly visible effort to deter migrant crossings at border By Alexandra Mendoza December 10, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. TIJUANA — Months into an ongoing increase in migrant border crossings — which have left hundreds of...
News | San Diego federal judge approves deal prohibiting separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years By Elliot Spagat December 8, 2023 at 11:49 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A San Diego federal judge on Friday approved a settlement prohibiting the separation of...
News | On the edge of Interstate 8, migrants shelter in pink tents as winter bears down By Alex Riggins December 3, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS — As winds whipped through the campsite under a gloomy afternoon sky, about a...
News | Migrant arrivals at California-Mexico border continued to rise over past year while drug seizures fell again By Alex Riggins November 25, 2023 at 7:10 p.m. Border agents and customs officers along the California border encountered 72 percent more migrants in...
News | With nowhere else to go, more than 100 migrants sleep each night at the San Diego airport before flights By Maura Fox November 24, 2023 at 7:16 p.m. Joel Velasco Salazar and his two friends stood in a corner of Terminal 2, holding...
News | From friends to friends, Magnolias lend a hand to Hispanic women new to San Diego By Lucía Serrano November 14, 2023 at 8:03 p.m. For Hispanic women who have just arrived in San Diego and are uncertain what to...
Local Politics | ‘This is a much better situation’: Temporary migrant welcome center moves to new San Diego location By Emily Alvarenga November 9, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Two men embraced as dozens of migrants got off a bus.“Hi friend,” one excitedly said...
News | Foot guide admits sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl during smuggling trip from Tijuana into U.S. By City News Service November 3, 2023 at 9:41 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A man pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Wednesday to human smuggling charges,...
Local Politics | San Diego County to create welcome center for immigrants and refugees, first in North County By Emily Alvarenga October 27, 2023 at 7:12 p.m. San Diego County will create a second welcome center for immigrants and refugees settling in...
Local Politics | South Bay nonprofit will now manage $3 million funding for migrant services and welcome center By Emily Alvarenga October 27, 2023 at 7:12 p.m. A South Bay nonprofit has been put in charge of $3 million for migrant services...
News | Biden settles San Diego lawsuit over controversial Trump-era family separation policy By Alex Riggins October 17, 2023 at 11:48 p.m. The Biden administration on Monday agreed to settle a historic Trump-era family separation lawsuit in...
News | Migrant woman dies after waiting to be processed at the border near San Ysidro By Alexandra Mendoza October 13, 2023 at 11:38 p.m. A woman died this week after suffering a medical emergency in an area between the...
News | Driver runs over migrant’s foot near desert border camp in alleged case of harassment By Alex Riggins October 13, 2023 at 10:26 p.m. The driver of a Ford Bronco ran over a migrant's foot, sending him to the...
Local Politics | County supervisors approve $3 million for migrant services in San Diego. ‘We have a responsibility.’ By Maura Fox October 11, 2023 at 6:42 a.m. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to allocate $3 million to...