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 January 1, 2024 at 5:21 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...
Local Politics | Misspent funds or a win for due process? County program providing lawyers for immigrants draws ire and praise By David Hernandez October 9, 2023 at 5:29 p.m. San Diego County provided attorneys to nearly 800 immigrants facing deportation in the first 15...
News | Montgomery Steppe, Reichert take opposing positions on homelessness, migrant aid in supervisor debate By Jennifer Van Grove October 9, 2023 at 6:33 p.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego County District 4 Supervisor candidates Monica Montgomery Steppe and Amy Reichert spoke...
News | Seeking protection and opportunity, more Chinese migrants take treacherous journey to San Diego-Mexico border By Alex Riggins October 3, 2023 at 1:02 p.m. As she waited in the trash-strewn dirt and brush between two border walls west of...
News | A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad By Giovanna Dellorto September 29, 2023 at 6:50 p.m. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. — For more than two hours on a Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Gustavo Castillo...
News | Videos show migrants crossing through primary fence construction area at the border By Alexandra Mendoza September 28, 2023 at 9:59 p.m. TIJUANA — The images quickly went viral. A group of at least eight people — and a...
News | Former San Diego ICE union boss who embezzled $36,000 for personal expenses gets prison By Alex Riggins September 29, 2023 at 3:42 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the former head of the union representing San...
News | South Bay hospitals see increases in migrants at already crowded emergency departments By Paul Sisson September 23, 2023 at 7:02 p.m. As has been the case with emergency shelters, Chula Vista hospitals reported increased numbers of...
News | Large groups of migrants head east to Jacumba Hot Springs where they wait for Border Patrol By Alexandra Mendoza September 20, 2023 at 11:54 p.m. As soon as the white SUV arrived Monday to the makeshift camp erected at the...
News | Border Patrol drops off large groups of migrants at San Diego County transit centers By Alexandra Mendoza September 15, 2023 at 4:44 p.m. Hundreds of migrants who had been waiting between layers of border fencing after entering the...
News | She investigated complaints from ICE detainees. Then she allegedly had a sexual relationship with one By Alex Riggins August 10, 2023 at 11:41 p.m. A contractor who worked for a new Department of Homeland Security office that oversees immigration...
News | Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out By Rebecca Santana August 4, 2023 at 12:58 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to...
News | Biden administration plans to expand curfew program for families seeking asylum By Los Angeles Times August 3, 2023 at 10:23 p.m. The Biden administration plans to expand a program that places families who cross the border...
News | Group beaches boat, runs away in apparent human smuggling incident in La Jolla By David Hernandez August 1, 2023 at 10:54 p.m. LA JOLLA — A boat landed on Marine Street Beach in La Jolla where the people on...
News | Democratic lawmakers slam the lack of attorney access for asylum seekers in Border Patrol custody By San Diego Union-Tribune August 1, 2023 at 5:28 p.m. WASHINGTON — Dozens of Democratic members of Congress asked the Biden administration Tuesday to end expedited screening...
News | As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden’s US-Mexico border policies grow By Elliot Spagat July 29, 2023 at 2:46 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Immigration advocates said Thursday that an online appointment system to seek asylum at the...
News | Migrant girl separated from her mother at the border found in San Diego By Alexandra Mendoza July 28, 2023 at 3:11 p.m. SOUTH COUNTY — A 9-year-old girl who had been reported as missing after an attempted crossing near...
Things to do | Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl, to ‘walk’ in multiple San Diego locations By Pam Kragen July 26, 2023 at 6:38 p.m. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl, will interact with the public...
News | A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal By Rebecca Santana July 25, 2023 at 10:08 p.m. WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum...
Things to do | He taught the Afghan military before being evacuated. Now he’s ‘that welcoming, patient smile’ helping English learners in San Diego By Kate Morrissey July 24, 2023 at 3:27 p.m. When Zulfiqar Noori goes for walks around his neighborhood of Normal Heights, the smiles and...
News | San Diego to get $25M for conservation in legal settlement over Trump border wall funding By Alex Riggins July 18, 2023 at 4:07 a.m. The Biden administration on Monday agreed to settle four related lawsuits filed against the Trump...
News | San Diego’s new Border Patrol chief shares her priorities. ‘We can’t do it alone.’ By Kate Morrissey July 15, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. San Diego's new Border Patrol Chief has several priorities stepping into her role, but the...
News | Organizer sentenced to 15 years for migrant smuggling attempt that led to 13 dead in crash By City News Service July 13, 2023 at 10:06 p.m. A man who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to an Imperial County crash that...
News | In letter to congressmembers, CBP denies holding migrants in custody between border fences in San Diego By Kate Morrissey July 12, 2023 at 11:38 p.m. Congressional Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are investigating Border Patrol's practice earlier this year...
News | Back story: Telling the stories of transgender asylum seekers in Tijuana and New York By Kate Morrissey July 9, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. The Union-Tribune's immigration reporter Kate Morrissey and photojournalist Ana Ramirez spent months learning about the...
News | La comunidad: From Tijuana to NYC, transgender asylum seekers turn to their own community to find freedom in the U.S. By Kate Morrissey July 9, 2023 at 7:34 p.m. NEW YORK and TIJUANA — The woman from central Mexico didn't have money to pay the cab...
Things to do | San Diego expanding passport services downtown starting this week By Emily Alvarenga August 11, 2023 at 7:46 p.m. San Diego is expanding passport services this week, boosting walk-in hours and tripling the number...
News | U.S. is rejecting asylum seekers at much higher rates under new Biden policy By Hamed Aleaziz June 20, 2023 at 8:34 p.m. A new Biden administration policy has dramatically lowered the percentage of migrants at the southern...
Opinion | Afghan teens adjust to fleeing home country, a new life in the U.S., and graduating from high school By Lisa Deaderick June 18, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021, thousands of Afghans scrambled for...
Things to do | San Diego Sudanese refugees say their faith sustains them By Cathi Douglas June 11, 2023 at 1:01 p.m. Michael Maiwen left his homeland in Sudan 25 years ago and since then, from a...
News | San Diego woman fills home with donations for Afghans seeking safety in U.S. By Kate Morrissey June 6, 2023 at 12:53 a.m. SAN DIEGO — When an Afghan man who had finally received a visa for his service...