ICE started transferring an unusually high number of detainees who already had San Diego-area attorneys out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center last spring.

"Eighty percent of our workforce are international trade related jobs, certainly reductions in the work force of existing international trade operations would be felt, we'll have closures possibly --All of us as consumers will pay higher prices on really key products like vegetables,

Construction to replace the last section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence east of the binational Friendship Park resumed last week — and now plans are underway to close additional gaps along the San Diego border area following President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border security,

Trump announced 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada. On Monday he cut deals to postpone the tariffs for at least a month. Business leaders in the cross-border region say the back and forth is disruptive.

San Diego’s vast industrial industry tied to U.S.-Mexico border commerce breathed a sigh of relief Monday as potential tariffs were paused. Roughly 2,500 businesses in Otay Mesa are tied to cross border imports and exports,