Trumpism can’t be treated as a normal political moment
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while participating in a tour of U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. U.S., March 13, 2018.
Category Archives: Otay Mesa (San Diego, CA)
Intense security on both sides of border for Trump’s visit to wall prototypes
President Trump will arrive in San Diego County on Tuesday to survey the border wall prototypes he commissioned amid high security and expected protests. Any demonstrators will be confined to a dirt lot in Otay Mesa that the County Sheriff's Department has designated a temporary "free speech zone."
Steve Hilton: Hey Gov. Jerry Brown, why won’t you talk to me about illegal immigration?
California Governor Jerry Brown delivers his final state of the state address in Sacramento, California, U.S., January 25, 2018. Don't expect California Gov. Jerry Brown to roll out the red carpet for President Trump when the president is scheduled to visit the Golden State in the week ahead.
Israeli DACA Recipient Facing Deportation After Accidentally Entering Mexico
An Israeli citizen living in California under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status was jailed for nearly a week and threatened with deportation after making a wrong turn at the U.S.-Mexico border. Orr Yakobi, 22, is a senior at the University of California, San Diego.
Immigration advocates: DACA deal likely to give Trump his wall
Top immigrants' rights advocates advising Democrats on Capitol Hill say any deal to protect Dreamers this month will have to allow President Donald Trump to take credit for a border wall.
Trump’s border wall prototypes: All for nothing?
Contractors have completed eight prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, triggering a period of rigorous testing to determine if they can repel sledgehammers, torches, pickaxes, and battery-operated tools.
Fences have been put up in the area where purposed border wall prototypes will be built.
Fences have been put up in the area where border wall prototypes will be built on Otay Mesa. A coalition of environmental groups on Thursday sued the Department of Homeland Security challenging the use of sweeping power under a federal law to ignore environmental laws in order to build walls, fences and roads on the border.
Border Patrol agents discover people-smuggling tunnel on U.S.-Mexico border
Border Patrol agents in San Diego uncovered early Saturday a smuggling tunnel that they said was used to transit illegal immigrants into the U.S. - a rare tactic that suggests the drug cartels that control border traffic are searching for new ways to sneak people across. Agents spotted several illegal immigrants on the U.S. side of the border near the Otay Mesa port of entry just after 1 a.m. Saturday, and conducted a search of the area, looking for more people.
Illegal immigrants arrested after cross-border tunnel found in San Diego
US agents have arrested 30 illegal immigrants thought to have crossed into San Diego through a cross-border smuggling tunnel from Mexico, US Customs and Border Protection said. The agents discovered the tunnel after encountering several people who had apparently just been smuggled into the California city, near the Otay Mesa port of entry, early Saturday, CBP said.