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RECALL ORTIZ EFFORT PASSES FIRST VERIFICATION HURDLE; OPPONENTS CRITICIZE RECALL ORGANIZER FOR “DIE OFF” COMMENTS
By Miriam Raftery May 5, 2025 (El Cajon) – The initial round of 60 signatures to recall El Cajon Councilmember Phil Ortiz have been validated, City Clerk Angela Cortez confirms.
EL CAJON COUNCILMAN PHIL ORTIZ SERVED WITH RECALL NOTICE
Ortiz defends actions as “only about public safety” By Miriam Raftery April 23, 2025 (El Cajon) – “You betrayed the large immigrant community here,” Mairene Branham told El Cajon Councilman
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON DOLORES HUERTA SPEAKS IN SAN DIEGO, ACCEPTS CHECK FOR HER FOUNDATION
By Alexander J. Schorr April 4, 2025 (San Diego) – “We don’t have a democracy if we don’t participate,” said Dolores Huerta, 95, a historic leader of the farmworkers’ movement
CA ADVOCACY GROUPS DECRY NEW IMMIGRANT REGISTRATION POLICY
By Suzanne Potter, California News Service April 2, 2025 (San Diego) — Immigrants’ rights groups are speaking out against the Trump administration’s decision to start requiring people who did
PROTEST OUTSIDE EL CAJON CITY HALL OVER IMMIGRATION RAIDS
Latino and labor groups submit records request on communications between city, ICE and federal officials By Miriam Raftery View video of the press conference April 2, 2025 (El Cajon) –
ICE RAIDS EL CAJON PAINTING COMPANY, ARRESTS UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
Update March 29: Company owner John Washburn has been charged with conspiracy to harbor aliens; employees Gilver Martinez-Juanta, Miguel Angel Leal-Sanchez and Fernando Casas-Gamboa are charged with falsifying documents to
READER’S EDITORIAL: WHY ARE THERE NO LATIN HEROES IN THE USA IN 2025?
Cesar Chavez passed away in 1993. Where are today’s heroes? By Dr. Sergio R. Conti, MPH March 23, 2025 (El Cajon) — I once asked a 12-year-old seventh grader who
EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY VOTES TO SUPPORT ‘PIG IN A POKE’ IMMIGRATION BILL IN CONGRESS
Update April 4, 2025: The text of the bill is now available here. By Miriam Raftery March 12, 2025 (El Cajon) – Four members of El Cajon’s City Council yesterday
JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AT SOME PLACES OF WORSHIP
Federal judge from Maryland temporarily blocks the Trump administration from using ICE to arrest migrants in certain sensitive locations By G. A. McNeeley March 3, 2025 (Washington D.C.)
BRIAN JONES’ BILL TAKES AIM AT “SUPER SANCTUARY CITIES”
East County News Service February 21, 2025 (San Diego) – State Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) held a press conference today to announce introduction of his Senate Bill 554, the Safety
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EDITOR’S BLOG: WHY ISN’T IT NEWS WHEN A DEAD BODY IS FOUND IN EAST COUNTY?
By Miriam Raftery, Editor April 28, 2010 (Deerhorn Valley) – Five days after a man’s dead body was found by motorists on Deerhorn Valley Road following a night of
HUNTER & FILNER JOIN EFFORT TO STOP CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING
By Miriam Raftery April 26, 2010 (Washington D.C.) – Congressmen Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) and Bob Filner (D-Chula Vista) have joined a bipartisan coalition of 78 Congressional members asking that the
BOOK REVIEW: POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY IN MEXICO
Edited by Robert A. Donnelly and David A. Shirk Book Review by: Dennis Moore January 13, 2010 (San Diego’s East County)–Yajaira Mota Orozco,a San Diego mother of two
HOLIDAY GIFTS STOLEN FROM AGENT RAMOS’ FAMILY ON CHRISTMAS EVE
December 24, 2009 – Local groups are pitching in to help the family of a Border Patrol Agent involved in a shooting that made international news. Early this
SMUGGLED CHRISTMAS PUPPIES INTERCEPTED AT BORDER IN EAST COUNTY
County warns public of sick puppies sold through local pet dealers December 16, 2009 (Tecate) –On Monday evening, 15 two-month-old puppies were discovered by Customs and Border Protection
TRIAL RAISES ISSUES OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO BORDER CROSSERS
By Miriam Raftery December 14, 2009 (San Diego) – In Tucson, Arizona on December 4, a federal judge ordered a theology student to reconsider his refusal to accept community service
WITNESS DOUBTS STORY OF TEEN WHO CONFESSED TO KILLING BORDER PATROL AGENT ROSAS
November 22, 2009 (Campo) – Christopher Daniel Castro-Alvarez, 17, pled guilty in federal court Friday to charges of murdering Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas during a robbery. In court,
FORUM REVEALS PLIGHT OF IMMIGRANTS FACING HOMELESSNESS IN REGION
By John Falchi November 22, 2009 (San Diego) — The Center for Social Advocacy (CSA), an El Cajon-based organization, held its “Homeless in Our Community, Homeless at Our Border”
EDITORIAL: HOW MANY MORE?
By Enrique Morones October 1, 2009 (San Diego) – Today marks the 15th anniversary of the wall of death—the border wall of shame. Since October 1st 1994 and
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO COMBAT BORDER VIOLENCE ANNOUNCED
August 16, 2009 (San Diego) — Sheriff William D. Gore announced this week that San Diego County will receive an additional $4.9 million in funding from Operation Stonegarden. This