Author: Elliot Spagat
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Asylum-seekers in Mexico snub warnings of stern US response
TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months. They say they want to prepare them for the worst possible outcome. “We are the bearers of…
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Judge deals big setback to Trump on ‘Dreamers’ program
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must resume a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation but gave it 90 days to restate its arguments before his order takes effect. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington, if it survives the…
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YouTube shooter’s bizarre videos key to suspected motive
MENIFEE, Calif. — The woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre, such as a clip in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your Eyes.” In others, Nasim Aghdam exercises, promotes animal…
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DACA deadline for US immigrants arrives with less urgency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN DIEGO — A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. That removed…
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Head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services cuts “nation of immigrants” phrase from mission statement
SAN DIEGO— The head of the federal agency that grants citizenship and immigration benefits said Friday that he had a message for anyone who considers his new mission statement anti-immigrant: “A thousand times no.” Francis Cissna told The Associated Press that he cut reference to the U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” from Citizenship and…
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US ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation. El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump. Salvadorans have been, by far, the…
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Fast-moving wildfire engulfs semi-rural San Diego area
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FALLBROOK, Calif. — Retirement communities built on golf courses, thoroughbreds in race horse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as the San Diego area became the latest front in California’s wildfire fight. The fire broke out Thursday amid dry, hot, windy conditions across the region that would be extreme for any…
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Detentions spike, border arrests fall in Trump’s first year
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has produced a spike in detentions by deportation officers across the country during his first months in office. At the same time, arrests along the Mexican border have fallen sharply, apparently as fewer people have tried to sneak into the U.S. Figures released by the Department of Homeland…
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Border agents track drone from sky to drugs on the ground
SAN DIEGO — A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds (5.9 kilograms) of methamphetamine from Mexico, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday. Jorge Edwin Rivera told authorities that he…
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Homeland Security will waive laws to build U.S. border wall
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive environmental reviews and other laws to replace a stretch of border wall in San Diego, moving to make good on one of the president’s signature campaign pledges. Critics including the Center for Biological Diversity criticized the move as overreach and a threat to…