Sheriff Mims One Of Two Valley Officials To Address Trump At Border
For the second time in a year, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims has appeared alongside President Trump at a press event. The two spoke today from the border city of Calexico. The press conference primarily served to reinforce the president’s desire for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. …
Read More »He Was Once An Unaccompanied Minor At The Border, Now He Works In The Valley’s Fields
Working 11 hours shifts in corn fields in Mendota is some of the hardest work to do. Add school and immigration court to the mix and you might start losing track of the days, like one teenager who recently moved to the Valley. “I would wake up at 11 at …
Read More »‘Don’t break the law,’ McClintock says to families separated at the border
While California’s entire Democratic delegation in Congress has signed onto a bill to prohibit the separation of migrant families detained by border patrol, Republican members of Congress from the state … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s border security boss should resign over family separation policy, Democrats say
Leading Democrats from California called for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign on Monday, citing the department’s controversial practice of separating immigrant families caught trying to cross the southern … Click to Continue »
Read More »Border 9 Fire (San Diego County)
Border 9 Fire: more info… Updated: September 08, 2017 7:00 pm County: San Diego County Location: 1 mile west of Tecate Port Of Entry in Potrero Acres Burned – Containment: 100% contained – 25 acres
Read More »Border Fire (San Diego County)
Border Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: September 02, 2017 7:02 am Date/Time Started: September 01, 2017 4:20 am Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE San Diego Unit County: San Diego County Location: near Hwy 94/Marron Valley Rd in the community of Dulzura. Acres Burned – Containment: 130 acres – 25% contained Forward …
Read More »Activists protest Border Patrol presence at Fresno State career fair
Protesters were at Fresno State Wednesday to protest against the U.S. Border Patrol’s presence at the campus career fair. School president Joseph I. Castro said the organization was only their for recruitment purposes. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mexican Breadwinners Fear Paying For Trump’s Border Wall
Fifty-year-old Teresa Gomez moved to the United States as a young woman with one goal: to support her aging mother in Mexico. For decades, Gomez has sent her mother a third of every paycheck. She organizes merchandise and attends customers at a Barrio Logan grocery store. Her mother has heart …
Read More »Abducted Merced girls found safe on Canadian border
Two Merced girls who were abducted by their mother earlier this week were found Friday after border authorities spotted them attempting to cross the Canadian border, the Merced Police Department … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect in 2014 Livingston screwdriver attack surrenders at border
After more than two years on the run in Mexico, a man wanted for attempted murder in Livingston surrendered this week to authorities, the police department reported. Juan M. Trenado, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Border Fire (San Diego County) Started 6/19/2016, updated 6/19/2016
Diggin’ In: Native plant border provides refuge, privacy
Lisa Ziegler eats, sleeps and breathes fresh farm air in the midst of city life in Newport News, Va. … Click to Continue »
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