Sandra Dibble
sandradibble.bsky.social
Sandra Dibble
@sandradibble.bsky.social
For the first time, the issue of long-haul truckers who make cross-border deliveries has come under the scrutiny of the USMCA's rapid reponse mechanism. I interview a Baja California trucker who says he was fired for trying to form an independent union.

voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/28/b...
Border Report: A Fight to Unionize Baja California Truckers Gets an Audience
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement has a mechanism to prevent companies that benefit from the trade treaty from exploiting workers. This is the first time cross-border truckers have gotten a he...
voiceofsandiego.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What a nice piece on Tijuana's Padre Pat by Kate Morrissey, aka @bgirledukate.bsky.social

Tijuana Shelter Director Has Simple Solution for Changing Border Policies: Adapt open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Tijuana Shelter Director Has Simple Solution for Changing Border Policies: Adapt
Casa del Migrante has hosted migrants since 1987, but with the Trump administration slashing foreign aid, the shelter is navigating a new way forward.
open.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“When you become a liaison officer, you become part of a big family on both sides of the border, and it never goes away.”

voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/28/b...
Border Report: Death of Baja Commander Hits Close to Home in San Diego
Law enforcement officers in San Diego, and beyond, are mourning the violent death of a Baja California state police commander who helped detain U.S. fugitives in Mexico.
voiceofsandiego.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Sandra Dibble
@barackobama.bsky.social should offer up that if Trump plans to run for a third term, so will he, and that'll be the end of that.
April 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US denies a request for an emergency water delivery to Tijuana for the first time since 1972: voiceofsandiego.org/2025/03/31/b...
Border Report: US Rejects Mexico’s Emergency Water Request
For decades, special deliveries of Colorado water to Tijuana have been routinely taking place.
voiceofsandiego.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There were two Philo Dibbles in my life, my father and brother. Both were career U.S. diplomats, reserved men whose work required skill, patriotism and ethics. Today's arbitrary dismissals and demeaning treatment of federal workers feels like a betrayal of what they stood for.
February 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On Trump's inauguration day, the head of Tijuana's migrant affairs office is asked to resign. My latest newsletter for Voice of San Diego looks at how the U.S. change in administration has been playing out in the largest Mexican border city.
voiceofsandiego.org/2025/01/27/b...
Border Report: Why Tijuana’s Top Migrant Affairs Expert Is Gone
Jose Luis Perez Canchola warned that the city was not prepared for President Trump’s plan for mass deportations and the cancellation of asylum appointments.
voiceofsandiego.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Kate Morrissey's substack newsletter is out today, filled with news about what's happening in immigration here at the U.S.-Mexico border.

A looming deportation for a father praying for a miracle open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
A looming deportation for a father praying for a miracle
ICE ramps up arrests across the country, and troops bring more razor wire to the border region
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM