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IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP PRAISES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO INVESTIGATE BORDER PATROL “COVER-UP UNITS”
East County News Service January 29, 2022 (San Diego) – This week, 10 House and Senate committee chairs sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an investigation
ALL VISITORS TO U.S. MUST NOW SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AT BORDER, INCLUDING THOSE TRAVELING FOR ESSENTIAL REASONS
By Miriam Raftery January 21, 2022 (San Diego) – Starting tomorrow, all people entering the U.S. at the Mexican or Canadian borders must be fully vaccinated, except for U.S. citizens,
IN FAMILIAR REFRAIN, UNITED FARM WORKERS GRAPPLES WITH HOW TO GROW
By Melissa Montalvo and Nigel Duara, CalMatters CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters Photo: Protestors wave to passerbys, on
12 INJURED IN PINE VALLEY CRASH AFTER BORDER PATROL PURSUIT
East County News Service December 9, 2021 (Pine Valley) – A dozen passengers in the back of a pickup truck were ejected and suffered moderate to major injuries on December
BORREGO ART INSTITUTE SEEKS WORKS BY LATINO ARTISTS FOR JANUARY SHOW
East County News Service December 5, 2021 (Borrego Springs) – The Borrego Art Instituted has issued a call for artworks by artists of Latino heritage or art strongly influenced by
THOUSANDS OF FARMWORKERS WILL GET PAY RAISES THANKS TO A LAWSUIT
By Melissa Montalvo, CalMatters CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters Photo: CC by NC via Bing December 5,
BORDER PATROL AGENT FIRES AT NAKED, ROCK-THROWING MAN
East County News Service November 18, 2021 (Otay) – The U.S. Border Patrol reports that yesterday around 7 a.m. in a remote section of Otay Mountain, a naked man hurled rocks at
TWO SAN DIEGO CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES CALL ON DEPT. OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE BORDER PATROL “SHADOW UNITS”
By Miriam Raftery November 17, 2021 (San Diego) – San Diego Congressional members Juan Vargas and Sara Jacobs, along with Congressman Juan Castro of Texas, have sent a letter urging
PUBLIC ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR TRUTH ACT FORUM ON ACCESS TO IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION FACILITIES
Deadline Nov. 14 (4:59pm) to send in comments for Nov. 16 forum https://forms.office.com/g/nTtj9mtqpY By: Chuck Westerheid, County of San Diego Communications Office November 9, 2021 (San Diego County Administration Building)
IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES CALL FOR PROSECUTIONS, CONGRESSIONAL PROBE INTO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY BORDER PATROL’S SHADOW FORCE
By Miriam Raftery November 7, 2021 (San Diego) – The Southern Border Communities Coalition has sent documents to Congress and to the District Attorney which reveal “unlawful operation of Border
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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