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‘ENDANGERS US ALL’: SUPREME COURT RULING SHIELDS BORDER AGENT FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE LAWSUIT
The ruling leaves thousands of Border Patrol agents “absolutely immunized from liability,” said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, “no matter how egregious the misconduct or resultant injury.” By Julia Conley, staff writer,
BORDER PATROL AGENT DIES IN CAMPO CRASH WHILE ON DUTY
East County News Service May 16. 2022 (Campo) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent died Friday, May 13 of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash near Campo. The agent, a
BORDER PATROL ELIMINATES “COVER-UP UNITS” AFTER CRITICISMS
By Miriam Raftery May 6, 2022 (San Diego) — Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a memo announcing the elimination of Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams (BPCITs), which critics have accused
CBP ADVISES TRAVELING PUBLIC ON EASTER EGG REGULATIONS
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Photo: a CBP agriculture specialist examines a commercial importation of cascarones April 13, 2022 (Laredo, Texas) – With the Easter festivities right around the corner, CBP is reminding
MIGRANT EXPULSIONS UNDER TITLE 42 COVID RESTRICTIONS TO END MAY 23 AS HEALTH CRISIS EASES
By Miriam Raftery Photo: Border fence, cc by ND Update April 23, 2022: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the lifting of Title 42 restrictions. April 9, 2022 (San Diego)
HORROR SHORT FILMS PRESENTED AT THE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
View video of producers/directors discussing their horror films at the Latino Film Festival: https://youtu.be/R-yPZqsWsTM By Matthew Manosh Photo: right to left: Blake Vaz, John Estrada, Enrique A. Mendoza, Camilla Demichelis
EAST COUNTY FILMMAKERS AMONG FINALISTS IN MIGRANT VOICES COMPETITION AT SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
By Matthew Manosh Photos: finalists Diego Lynch, Mimi Pollack and Bettina Hanna created films set in San Diego’s East County. March 21, 2022 (San Diego) – Migrant stories from around
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKS COST-SAVING ALTERNATIVES TO DETAINING SOME MIGRANTS
By Miriam Raftery Photo: Creative Commons image by SA-NC via Bing March 14, 2022 (San Diego) – The Biden administration has announced a 120-day pilot program in Houston and Baltimore
DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS IN SPOTLIGHT AT LATINO FILM FESTIVAL’S OPENING NIGHT
By Matthew Manosh Photo: Actor Pepe Serna, center, with other film festival luminaries on opening night March 14, 2022 (San Diego)– The Latino Film Festival officially kicked off with an opening event on March
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL TO AIR OVER 160 FILMS MARCH 10-20
Documentary co-produced by ECM journalist Mimi Pollack is among finalists. By Matthew Manosh March 10, 2022 (San Diego) –The 29th Annual San Diego Latino Festival begins March 10th and runs
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Reichert’s Restore San Diego newsletter spreads misleading claims about AB 495
By Jesse Kendrick Image: Restore San Diego founder Amy Reichert August 23, 2025 (El Cajon) – “State-sponsored kidnapping loophole” is the epithet lobbed at Assembly Bill 495 by
Migrant children sites in El Cajon and Lemon Grove shut down: Trump admin. drops lawsuit that accused operator of sexual abuse
Actions raise concerns over children’s wellbeing; their locations are undisclosed By Karen Pearlman Miriam Raftery contributed to this story; photos by East County Magazine staff Updated Aug.
Protestors demand El Cajon repeal ICE cooperation amidst recall effort against city councilmember
By Paul Levikow August 13, 2025 (El Cajon) – Dozens of East County residents filled El Cajon City Council chambers Tuesday, demanding the City repeal a resolution allowing police to
ICE stops: exercise your rights with knowledge
By Alexander J. Schorr August 4, 2025 (San Diego) — In an age when it is uncertain who is a lawful agent of the US government and who is a
New Trump admin policy bars many students from adult school classes
By Adam Echelman, CalMatters Photo: students work on an assignment during an English as a second language class at the San Diego Continuing Education Mid-City campus in San Diego on
Behind the masks: who are the people rounding up immigrants in California?
By Michael Lozano, CalMatters Photo: a line of federal immigration agents and protesters stand-off near the Glass House Farms facility outside Camarillo on July 10, 2025. Protesters gathered after federal
Alligator Alcatraz: A Florida ‘Concentration Camp’
By Alexander J Schorr July 4, 2025 (Everglades, FL) — Nearby President Trump’s Miami resort in the swamplands of the Florida Everglades sits a makeshift detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,”
“ICE Out” Marchers in El Cajon Take Stand for Immigrants as Concerns Over ICE Raids and Abuse of Detainees Grows
By Miriam Raftery Photos and videos by Shiloh Ireland “It’s my duty…to speak up for other people that currently are scared… I know what it feels like to be undocumented
McCann Concedes; Aguirre Wins Supervisor Seat
By Miriam Raftery July 2, 2025 (San Diego) – Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre has declared victory in the 1st Supervisorial district special election, after her opponent, Chula Vista Mayor
MARINES NOW STATIONED IN CAMPO AT BORDER; NEWSOM OFFICE: ‘DANGER’ TO COMMUNITY
Tents for U.S. Marines set up outside of the Campo Border Patrol Station in eastern San Diego County on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters) This