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Immigration figures released this week show the lowest number of people trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in decades. Meanwhile, deportations of people living illegally in the United States are up significantly. So are President Donald Trump’s immigration policies working or is there more behind the numbers? Ev Meade, director of the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute, said ... Read More »
Federal data obtained by inewsource provide a glimpse into how the Obama administration’s policy shift on deportations has played out in San Diego County. Read More »
With the United States on pace to detain the fewest undocumented immigrants since 2006, a Texas congressman is accusing federal immigration officials of not enforcing the law by failing to fill the country’s 34,000 detention beds. Read More »
The number of immigrants being held in detention centers across the U.S. is the lowest it’s been in nearly a decade, possibly signaling a change in a federal mandate called a "bed quota." Read More »