Pedro Rios

If Border Patrol leaders take over ICE, it's likely both agencies will continue avoiding repercussions for violence and deaths in custody.

The controversial tactics agents use to round up undocumented immigrants in Southern California are merely an expansion of the discriminatory stops and interrogations San Diego's border communities have experienced for generations.

As immigration enforcement escalated in recent weeks in San Diego, a dramatic raid in one neighborhood led to a remarkable response from nearby residents.

Elected leaders in San Diego County and other parts of Southern California uniformly use public safety rhetoric to attack the state's sanctuary law protecting immigrants from overzealous federal enforcement.

Las implicaciones de una demanda presentada por un periódico latino contra Chula Vista podrían afectar a más de una docena de ciudades de California que ya utilizan o están explorando el uso de drones para vigilancia o apoyo a policías

Chula Vista, the first city in the country to create a drone program in its police department, fought a records request from La Prensa and eventually lost a lengthy legal battle. The case changes not just disclosure rules but opens another frontier in police transparency as the technology spreads across California.

As the Tijuana River sewage crisis worsens, local leaders and community organizations in San Diego and elsewhere have pleaded with Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene. The governor has so far deferred to the White House and Congress, leaving dozens of communities helplessly at the whims of federal lawmakers.

In the Imperial County desert, a volunteer group routinely maintains large barrels filled with water to help migrants traversing the California desert. As rescues increase, the longstanding immigration policies that funneled migrants to such harsh terrain deserve scrutiny.

U.S. Border Patrol has been purchasing data from San Diego area cities for years, skirting California sanctuary laws that restrict cooperation between local governments and immigration authorities. Political leaders have downplayed concerns, plowing forward on new programs that critics argue also increase surveillance.