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February 21, 2020 at 4:50 pm

San Diego sheriff agrees to share immigration information

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego County Sheriff's Department will share records of people who were criminally arrested with immigration authorities, becoming the first...

FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas. The Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) NYCD201 NYCD201

February 18, 2020 at 4:00 am

Homeland Security says it's waiving contracting laws to speed border wall VIEW

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico...

February 13, 2020 at 1:49 pm

Holding-cell stats raise questions about Trump asylum policy

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Many U.S. holding cells along the Mexican border were less than half-full, even empty, during an unprecedented surge of asylum-seeking families...

February 10, 2020 at 10:49 pm

CDC cites label error in mixup involving coronavirus patient

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A labeling error caused a woman infected with the novel coronavirus to be mistakenly released from a hospital but the oversight...

February 10, 2020 at 8:42 pm

First new virus case found among evacuatees from China to US

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The first confirmed case of novel coronavirus has been found among hundreds of people who were evacuated from China to military...

February 7, 2020 at 5:34 pm

Judge strikes blow to US immigration enforcement tactics

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has prohibited U.S. immigration authorities from relying on databases deemed faulty to ask law enforcement agencies to hold...

This Feb. 5, 2020 self-portrait by Matthew McCoy with some of nearly 200 fellow coronavirus evacuees from China, background, where they are being quarantined at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. The cluster of American consular officials, businesspeople and families with children were whisked out of the city of Wuhan on a U.S.-chartered plane last week. Since then, they have formed their own community while waiting to be released from a 14-day federal quarantine order designed to limit the virus’ spread. (Matthew McCoy via AP) LA413 LA413

February 6, 2020 at 6:27 am

Life under U.S. virus quarantine: Boxing, chalk art and waiting VIEW

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — There's Zumba and boxing classes, lectures on business and taxes, and chalk art outside for the children. While it might sound...

February 5, 2020 at 7:23 am

Life under virus quarantine: Boxing, chalk art and waiting VIEW

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — There's Zumba and boxing classes, lectures on business and taxes, and chalk art outside for the children. While it might sound...

January 30, 2020 at 10:37 am

US finds ally in Mexico as asylum policy marks first year VIEW

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Perla family of El Salvador has slipped into a daily rhythm in Mexico while they wait for the U.S. to...

January 29, 2020 at 12:42 pm

'It was endless': Longest smuggling tunnel found from Mexican border to San Diego

SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than three-quarters...

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