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San Diego Convention Center Closes Migrant Shelter After 3+ Months; Loses Big Conventions

July 3, 2021 2:33 amJuly 5, 2021 10:41 am

The temporary San Diego Convention Center migrant shelter closed on Friday after less than 4 months in operation. The migrant shelter opened up in late March to help combat the large surge of Central American migrant children being sent across...

Migrant Children at San Diego Convention Center to Receive In-Person Teaching

March 30, 2021 5:59 pmMarch 30, 2021 7:11 pm

The San Diego County Board of Education announced Tuesday they would be sending California public school teachers to the temporary migrant center at the San Diego Convention Center, to teach the hundreds of migrant children who crossed into the country...

San Diego Convention Center To Be Used As Emergency Facility To House Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

March 24, 2021 3:09 amMarch 26, 2021 6:47 am

On Monday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher announced that the San Diego Convention Center will be used as a facility to house unaccompanied immigrant children in this country illegally. According...

Close the Border or Lose Our Country

April 8, 2019 8:06 amApril 11, 2019 4:53 am

In a political arena filled with irrationality, here is a rational argument: (1) Illegal immigration poses an existential threat to the nation; (2) Both parties of Congress have failed to acknowledge the threat, let alone deal with it; (3) To...

California Leads 16 States To Sue President Trump Over Emergency Wall Declaration

February 19, 2019 7:23 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a 16-state coalition of Democrat Attorneys General, filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court challenging President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, claiming “President Trump has veered the country...

President Trump Declares National Emergency at Border; Gov. Newsom Calls it ‘National Disgrace’

February 15, 2019 10:48 amFebruary 19, 2019 6:17 am

UPDATED below Feb. 15, 2019, 2:00 pm: President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border Friday, in order to divert nearly $6.5 billion in unspent federal funds to build the border wall, which members of Congress have refused...

Governor Newsom to Withdraw CA National Guard Troops From Mexico Border

February 11, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 11, 2019 7:02 am

According to excerpts from his Tuesday State of the State address, as thousands of asylum-seeking migrants wait in Tijuana for a chance to cross the border into the United States, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will announce he is removing all...