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Kate Morrissey, Journalist
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Journalist covering the immigration beat at the San Diego-Tijuana border writing Beyond the Border newsletter on Substack. Co-founder of Daylight San Diego. Articles in Capital & Main, Voice of San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times...
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Kate Morrissey, Journalist @bgirledukate.bsky.social · Dec 4
So today I did a thing -- I launched a newsletter on Substack. I've been working on this since the day after the election, when I sat down and thought about what I could best offer in this moment as an immigration reporter. I hope you'll check it out. open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Welcome to Beyond the Border
Why I'm starting a newsletter and why I hope you'll read it
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."

Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"

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You know us. For years, you watched and listened to our coverage of the Chicago area. As journalists, we did our best to bring you accurate, objective information about the people, events and issues that mattered. We hope we gained your trust. So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong. The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done and what they may do in other cities. We are retired, but our colleagues who are still on the job have shown you a brutal and illegal campaign against fellow Chicagoans, mainly Latinos: violent abductions, gutting families, using tear gas around children, roughing up witnesses, ramming cars and even taking a day care teacher from her school.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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*The rule, which went into effect this month, prohibits a wide range of activities, and activists fear the Trump administration will use the regulation to cover up misconduct by immigration officials*

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November 12, 2025

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Homeland Security Tightens Rule on Anti-ICE Activities - The American Prospect
The rule, which went into effect this month, prohibits a wide range of activities, and activists fear the Trump administration will use the regulation to cover up misconduct by immigration officials.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
Whether ending deportation protections, prioritizing asylum, or all-out threatening invasion, Trump is following the Christian nationalist playbook.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.

There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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"They humiliate us."

"Many people recently deported on flights told Capital & Main that the U.S. government had taken their phones, and they struggled with the little money that they had to find their way out of being stranded in a city they did not know."
#USA #Mexico #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
U.S. Deports Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones
The Trump administration's deportation flights to the Mexican southern border towns of Tapachula and Villahermosa leave people stranded with few resources.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Californians will decide whether to redistrict during the Nov. 4 election. Registered voters across the state have received mail-in ballots, on which they’ll decide whether to change the state’s congressional district maps.

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Prop. 50: Californians will decide whether to redistrict
Here’s where and when to vote in San Diego County during the upcoming Nov. 4, 2025 election.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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After reports of increased detentions at the ICE offices in downtown San Diego leading to overcrowded conditions in the basement holding cells of the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, Reps. Juan Vargas and Scott Peters showed up Monday morning to inspect the facilities. ICE turned them away.
ICE blocks Reps Vargas and Peters from visiting San Diego basement holding cells
The two members of Congress said they went to the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego after reports of overcrowding and increased detentions. Written by Kate Morrissey, Vid...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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People in ICE custody are facing invasive strip searches after loved ones visit them.

@bgirledukate.bsky.social reports from the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego: capitalandmain.com/people-in-ic...
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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"I'm not OK. I'm scared. I'm in my country. I don't feel safe."

"Ali didn't know the U.S. government was deporting him to Yemen until the plane that officials put him on landed in Egypt in June."

"I'm hiding, and I'm afraid they'll find me."
#USA #Yemen #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Yemeni man captured by Houthis after deportation from US
Deported by the U.S., captured by the Houthi militia, and tortured in Mexico, there are few places left for Ali to turn
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October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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WGN-TV producer hires attorney to 'pursue all legal actions' after ICE detention
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WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal actions’ after ICE detention
Debbie Brockman and her legal team “adamantly deny” allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Some people in ICE custody are being strip searched following in-person visits with their loved ones.

Other detainees have opted out of in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

By @bgirledukate.bsky.social:
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People in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches After Visits With Loved Ones
Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don't want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Communities across San Diego County are gearing up for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, an annual recognition of Native traditions, culture, art and history.

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San Diego honors Native culture and history at Indigenous Peoples’ Day events
Throughout the week, San Diego County will celebrate the holiday with educational workshops, music and festivals.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Last week, volunteers saw shipments of mats and sweatpants going down to the basement. Some people have reported spending as many as three days there before ICE transferred them to a long-term detention facility.

Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social

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ICE in San Diego has a new policy — detain everyone
The agency increased detentions of people showing up to its offices this week, and officials told one attorney that they plan to detain everyone who comes in.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Officials told one attorney after detaining her client that they planned to call in and detain everyone. They said the order came from Washington, D.C.
"It's just so unnecessary. I strongly feel that these human beings are just pawns in Trump's political game." It's just so unnecessary. I strongly feel that these human beings are just pawns in Trump's political game. Jacobs learned that officials planned to detain not only those coming to court and to check-ins, but they also planned to call in everyone with a monitoring device to detain them instead. Via email, ICE said through an unnamed spokesperson that it follows laws, agency priorities and established procedures in its operations. “Every illegal alien present in violation of U.S. immigration law may be subject to arrest, detention, and if ordered by an immigration judge, removal from the U.S. regardless of nationality,” the agency said. On Friday, none of those detained the day before appeared in the ICE detainee locator, according to volunteers, which meant they likely spent the night in the basement's holding cells, which are meant to be very temporary holding spaces, according to Jacobs. Volunteers are concerned that ICE will keep them there through the long weekend.
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Volunteers noticed an uptick in detentions at the San Diego ICE office on Thursday, and officers detained at least 11 people who came for appointments.

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Breaking News: ICE in San Diego has a new policy — detain everyone When Gloria Morales-Palos’ cousin received a letter from an immigration officer in the hallway after his immigration court hearing on Thursday, they thought he might end up with an ankle monitor. Instead, ICE detained Morales-Palos’ cousin, putting him on an elevator to go down to the basement holding cells. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in San Diego have been handing letters to people coming out of court hearings telling them they have immediate appointments with its office two floors below in the federal building since early September. At those appointments, they usually fit the person with some kind of tracking device, most commonly an ankle monitor. But now that’s changed. Morales-Palos’ cousin was among 11 people that volunteers observed ICE detain at its appointment offices on Thursday. Many of those detained didn't have court hearings — they showed up for scheduled appointments to check in with ICE. According to the volunteer, all of the people detained had been in the United States for at least a decade if not multiple decades.
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Immigration courts used to close for nondetained cases during government shutdowns, but this time it's different. Here's what that looks like at the San Diego Immigration Court.
October 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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What does the shut down mean for immigration courts in San Diego? They're still operating even though employees won't be paid. Read our newsletter by @bgirledukate.bsky.social for more on the shut down's effects in San Diego.
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Newsletter: Immigration courts in San Diego remain open during shut down
ICE, customs officers and military troops are all working without pay as well. Greetings, everyone, buenas and bom dia, The federal government is entering its second week of shut down, but outs...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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@bgirledukate.bsky.social's latest Border Report spotlights Immigration and Customs Enforcement's test of an unorthodox new deportation tactic.
Border Report: A New Tactic that Targets Immigrant Children
The Trump administration has launched a new operation to try to get children to give up their rights and leave the United States.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A collective known as the San Diego Bike Brigade is training bicyclists and e-bike riders to watch for signs of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity around school zones.

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Bicycle volunteers monitor school zones for ICE
The group is hosting a training on Oct. 11 for cyclists who want to get involved.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Bicycle volunteers monitor school zones for ICE
The group is hosting a training on Oct. 11 for cyclists who want to get involved.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM