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CBP's San Diego Sector experiences shift in immigration enforcement mission
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego Sector is experiencing a dramatic shift in its mission due to far fewer asylum seekers and undocumented migrant crossings.
CBP is spreading the message that you could be risking your life crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
“Catch and release is now over,” CBP Agent Justin Castrejon said. “You will receive serious consequences if you cross the border illegally.”
Castejon says the San Diego Sector was averaging 1,500 to 2,000 arrests per day. One year later, and it’s less than 30 people.
Agents are no longer spending most of their time processing and caring for those requesting asylum. Instead, they are back on patrol.
If it seems they are attempting more maritime crossings, both CBP and immigration advocate Pedro Rios say increased patrols have led to more captures, not more boats.
“They are detecting more of them,” Rios said. “They are spending more time in the air, which means they will detect more of them that they might not have detected in the past.”
Maritime crossings have proved deadly. A recent incident near Torrey Pines State Beach killed three, and a 10-year-old Indian girl is likely the fourth. She is missing and presumed dead. Rios says attempting to cross illegally is more dangerous than ever.
NBC 7’s Dave Summers tells us more about those arrested in the South Bay and charged in connection with the deaths.
“The terrain, whether it is the desert or mountains or the maritime crossings, increasing the risk of injury or even death,” Rios said.
“These smugglers have no regard for the people they are smuggling. They don’t see them as human beings, only as human cargo,“ Castrejon said.
If caught, there could be fines, detention and deportation. Castrejon says the return is usually on a repatriation flight to Mexico City, instead of the nearest border town. The agent says that is a practice meant to put more distance between the migrants from the human smugglers.
“Sending them to Mexico City or even southern Mexico makes it more difficult to return and attempt that journey again,“ Rios said.
Castrejon says the majority of those attempting to cross now are Mexican nationals, unlike the surges of last year that included people from countries all over the world.
Rios says he and his group, the American Friends Service Committee, are spending more of their time holding informational meetings with migrants who were deported or waiting for asylum in Tijuana shelters.
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City considering cutting funding to resource center for those experiencing homelessness
Last week Mayor Todd Gloria released the budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal budget. Protected homeless services is among his top priorities mentioned in the proposal. However, some of the reductions he’s proposing could impact thousands of San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
Located on 17th and K Street, the Neil Good Day Center offers an array of services to nearly seven thousand people experiencing homelessness. The services include giving them a place to shower and do laundry, and connecting them to a case manager, among others.
“These are critical services that are helping people off the streets, but really better their lives and their health and their employment situation as well,” Deacon Vargas with Father Joe’s Villages said.
Deacon Jim Vargas heads Father Joe’s Villages, which runs the center. He said through their prevention and diversion strategies, they’ve managed to keep nearly one thousand individuals from falling into homelessness.
“So by helping them pay rent, or helping them with their utilities, or helping them to reunite with family,” Vargas said.
Right now, the city allocates at least $850,000 per year to the Neil Good Day Center, according to Vargas.
But the future and funding for these services are in limbo because of Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget cuts.
“The impact to those whom we’ve been serving the Daily Center would be very severe,” Deacon Vargas said.
In a statement to NBC 7, Mayor Todd Gloria said in part, “We must find more efficient and cost-effective ways to address this crisis and prioritize funding for programs that provide shelter beds and maximize resources to programs that place people into permanent housing.”
Since it’s still at a proposal stage, Deacon Vargas said it’s unclear how the city will decide to move forward.
However, Deacon Vargas said services would be significantly reduced because they would be forced to operate solely on a budget of about half a million dollars they receive from philanthropy.
“The hours would be cut. Some days would be cut. We would have showers that might be impacted because they’re given seven days a week and we’d close two days a week, then the showers would be five days a week, the case management,” Deacon Vargas said.
Deacon Vargas is certain of one thing.
He would like to continue offering services at the Day Center, even if the city goes through with the funding cuts.
“As we work with individuals at the Day Center and at Father Joe’s Villages, the community becomes healthier as a result of it,” Deacon Vargas said.
The budget also recommends additional cuts to homeless services, but does not give specifics as to where those cuts would be.
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Solans, Luna, Guilavogui help RSL beat slumping San Diego, extend unbeaten streak to 6 games :: WRALSportsFan.com
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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