Border Patrol released hundreds of illegal migrants into the streets of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Diego</a>, and some were given court dates on the other side of the country in places they had never heard of before.
The released illegal migrants hailed from all over the world, including Senegal, China, Ecuador, Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, Mauritania, India, and Kazakhstan. They were released because Customs and Border Protection had no places to detain them until they could have their cases heard in immigration court. Local nonprofits, which have been given millions from the San Diego government to shelter the illegal migrants, did not have the infrastructure to handle the influx. 
On Friday, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-street-releases-asylum-7ae9ff48b48e203ecdd5c099942dc1f5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> with several who appeared to be unfamiliar with where they were or where they were told to show up in court. 
One 31-year-old man from Kazakhstan told the outlet that he was told to show up in immigration court in Philadelphia in August 2025, but that he didn’t know where that was because he had never heard of it. Philadelphia is about 2,700 miles away from San Diego. 
A Mauritanian man told the outlet that he took a flight from Africa to Nicaragua before flying to Mexico and crossing into the United States. Another man from the Dominican Republic asked, “Are we in San Diego?” and was told to head to Boston in June for an immigration court hearing in June. Boston is nearly 3,000 miles away from San Diego. 
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted video on Friday showing Chinese nationals being released in San Diego. 
“More Chinese nationals amongst the latest busload of migrants that was just released to the street in San Diego moments ago. We’ve seen dozens of Chinese released here today. More than 21,000 Chinese have been apprehended by Border Patrol in just San Diego sector since Oct. 1st,” he said. 
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More Chinese nationals amongst the latest busload of migrants that was just released to the street in San Diego moments ago. We’ve seen dozens of Chinese released here today. More than 21,000 Chinese have been apprehended by Border Patrol in just San Diego sector since Oct. 1st: <a href="https://t.co/ifAgxs4TtY">pic.twitter.com/ifAgxs4TtY</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1761142750706319866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday morning, Melugin posted more footage of illegal immigrants who had been detained in the San Diego sector being released into San Ysidro. San Diego is just one of the cities that has been impacted by the border crisis as millions of illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States under President Joe Biden.
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NEW: Mass street releases of migrants who crossed the San Diego sector border illegally are continuing this morning here in San Ysidro, CA. Multiple Border Patrol buses have already arrived. People from all around the world &#8211; all planning to travel to cities across the U.S. <a href="https://t.co/IyrwjEciY3">pic.twitter.com/IyrwjEciY3</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1761435735343894687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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CBP said that the releases showed “the latest example of the pressing need for Congress to provide additional resources and take legislative action to fix our outdated immigration laws.”
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The release occurred after an illegal alien was arrested for the murder of a 22-year-old college student in Georgia. The suspect, 26-year-old Venezuelan Jose Antonio Ibarra, had reportedly been released into the United States after crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 before being released due to lack of detention space
Ibarra <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-murder-of-georgia-nursing-student-was-illegal-immigrant-report">was arrested on Friday</a> for the murder of Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student from the University of Georgia who was found dead after going out on a run on Thursday.

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The five Marines aboard a helicopter that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/helicopter-with-5-u-s-marines-found-after-going-missing-search-for-crew-ongoing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went missing</a> and was later found to have crashed in California earlier this week are dead, the U.S. military said Thursday morning.
The helicopter was flying from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego for a routine training exercise when it was reported as &#8220;overdue,&#8221; prompting a search and rescue operation. Authorities with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and the Civil Air Patrol found the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter while searching a snowy mountainous region on Wednesday, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/us/helicopter-crash-5-marines-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Hours later, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing announced that all the Marines on board the helicopter were dead.
&#8220;It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I share the loss of five outstanding Marines from 3d Marine Aircraft Wing and the &#8216;Flying Tigers&#8217; while conducting a training flight last night,&#8221; Maj. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte said in a statement. &#8220;These pilots and crewmembers were serving a calling greater than self and were proud to do so.&#8221;
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“To the families of our fallen Marines, we send our deepest condolences and commit to ensuring your support and care during this incredibly difficult time.” -Maj. Gen. Borgschulte, 3rd MAW Commanding General <a href="https://t.co/CBLs2jDKWG">pic.twitter.com/CBLs2jDKWG</a>
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The U.S. military did not identify the five deceased Marines as policy requires their identities to remain concealed until 24 hours after all next-of-kin have been notified. As of Thursday morning, authorities were still working to recover the Marines&#8217; remains and launch an investigation into what caused the deadly crash.
&#8220;To the families of our fallen Marines, we send our deepest condolences and commit to ensuring your support and care during this incredibly difficult time,&#8221; Borgschulte added.
President Joe Biden issued a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/08/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-loss-of-u-s-marines-in-california/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Thursday saying he and first lady Jill Biden &#8220;are heartbroken at the loss of five U.S. Marines.&#8221;
&#8220;As the Department of Defense continues to assess what occurred, we extend our deepest condolences to their families, their squadron, and the U.S. Marine Corps as we grieve the loss of five of our nation’s finest warriors,&#8221; Biden said.
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The crash comes a month after six U.S. Navy crewmembers, who were operating an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-12/crew-rescued-after-navy-helicopter-crashes-into-san-diego-bay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived</a> a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/navy-helicopter-carrying-six-people-crashes-into-san-diego-bay">crash</a> into the San Diego Bay and were rescued off the coast of Coronado by a nearby Navy vessel.

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Tatyana Remley was a glamorous would-be-heiress until she attempted to hire a hitman to murder her husband of 12 years, Mark Remley. Now, the beautiful but dangerous woman will spend the next three years and eight months behind bars.
When Tatyana was a young girl, her parents moved the family to Valley Center, California, a small town in San Diego County. Tatyana was in the fourth grade, but her parents didn’t enroll her in school, and for the next 10 years, allegedly kept their daughter from experiencing the world outside her home.
Her own mother, Vera, admitted to Tatyana’s troubled upbringing during a custody battle in 2009 between Tatyana and her first husband, Kenneth Woolcott.
“My husband … wanted to do home school, whatever, once we came to California,” Vera said during the battle, according to documents <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/tatyana-remley-was-molested-as-child-only-had-4th-grade-education-docs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviewed</a> by the New York Post. “We had a lot of difficulties with [Tatyana’s father].”
“If I could go back, I would undo everything, and see to it that she be in school … I’m very sorry, because I believe in school,” Vera added.
In his own deposition, Woolcott, a successful lawyer and businessman, claimed that Tatyana “was kept isolated/captive on rural property in Valley Center, without school, social activities and interaction with her community” and that the religious views of her parents included “the rejection of traditional medicine and medical care professionals.”
“She also was denied access to childhood friends out of the parents’ fear any such friends would lead to discovery of her captivity,” Woolcott added. “Essentially, Tatyana was captive for about 10 years (9 – 20 years old) with little, if any, contact with the outside world, education, social interaction or structure.”
Woolcott also said he helped get Tatyana her GED so she could work, but she refused to get a job.
Woolcott was 43 when he married Tatyana, who was only 23 at the time. Tatyana gave birth to a son, but the couple divorced 11 months after their wedding. The custody battle lasted nearly a decade before a judge determined Woolcott was more fit to care for the couple’s son, the Post reported.
During that decade, Tatyana gave birth to a daughter and had several failed engagements. Her former friends <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/08/sex-crazed-tatyana-remley-targeted-rich-men-at-polo-club-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Post that Tatyana sought out “rich men” who could give her a life of luxury.
She met Mark Remley in a Starbucks in March 2011 and began working together on what would become an epic failure: Valitar.
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Tatyana described Valitar as “Cirque du Soleil with horses,” to a reporter in 2012, The San Diego Union-Tribune <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-horse-opera-decline-fall-valitar-2013jan19-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time. The show was to rival Cavalia, which included horses and acrobatics and was created by a founder of Cirque du Soleil, according to Erik Martonovich, a former Cavalia cast member hired to direct Valitar.
“They had no clue what they were doing — about anything,” he told the Union-Tribune about the Remleys. “They weren’t horse people and they weren’t show people.”
Ads for the show featured Tatyana prominently, but she had little riding experience and wasn’t really part of the actual show.
“She didn’t do any of the stunts,” Roza Tabasa, the hospitality manager for the show who saw some of its performances, told the outlet. “But in the end, when the whole cast lined up and everybody is applauding, this blonde lady comes down the center, the other cast members part for her — and there’s silence. People are thinking, ‘Who’s she? Oh, it’s the lady in the poster.’”
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The Remleys seemed to throw money around haphazardly, spending lavishly on salaries and equipment but then refusing to spend $1,500 to save a horse’s life. On another occasion, Tatyana reportedly went on a shopping spree at a tack shop and purchased items the show already had.
Weeks before the show’s opening performance, the Remleys stopped sending checks to vendors and employees, the Union-Tribune reported. Martonovich was fired after a horse broke its leg during practice, but he believes other factors led to his firing.
“I’m pretty sure at that point, it was about Tatyana. She didn’t want me around because I didn’t want her,” he told the outlet.
After Martonovich was fired, about 18 of the 25 performers quit, and the show could no longer use acts that Martonovich and his production company owned. Former Cavalia performer Sylvia Zerbini was hired to completely rewrite the show – in two months.
When Valitar opened, reviews found it underwhelming when compared to Cavalia. The first weekend failed to sell out seats, and only ran for five days before filing for bankruptcy.
Mark and Tatyana, however, reconciled their marriage and remained together for another decade, continuing their passion for money, horses, drugs, and orgies, the Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/13/inside-the-twisted-marriage-of-tatyana-remley-equestrian-accused-of-murder-plot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The couple separated and reconciled multiple times during that period, NBC San Diego <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/north-county-woman-behind-failed-horse-themed-show-sentenced-in-murder-for-hire-attempt/3391158/">reported</a>.
The final separation came in early 2023, when Tatyana filed for divorce and accused Mark of abuse, including claims that he pointed a gun at her head and chased her with a knife. She also claimed that he watched as one of his friends raped her. Mark has denied all accusations.
Tatyana also demanded $15,000 a month in spousal support to keep up her lavish lifestyle, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12917783/equestrian-Tatyana-Remley-sentenced-hitman-husband-mark-remley.html">reported</a>.
In the summer of 2023, Mark learned that Tatyana had offered a mutual friend $2 million to murder him, the Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/tatyana-remley-said-she-was-raped-by-pal-of-husband-she-tried-to-kill/">reported</a>. He told police and undercover detectives conducted a sting operation to catch her in the act. She was arrested on August 2 and charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband.
In late December, Tatyana pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit murder and was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, NBC reported.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-navy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Navy</a> helicopter carrying six crewmembers crashed into San Diego Bay on Thursday evening during a training exercise. 
All six crewmembers, who were operating a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-12/crew-rescued-after-navy-helicopter-crashes-into-san-diego-bay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived</a> and were rescued off the coast of Coronado by a nearby Navy boat after they went down at around 6:40 p.m. local time. 
&#8220;Due to the nature of the training, a safety boat was on location,&#8221; a statement from Cmdr. Beth Teach of the Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet said.  The crew members went through medical evaluation but none of them appeared to suffer any life-threatening injuries, <a href="https://abc7.com/navy-helicopter-crash-san-diego-bay-southern-california-mh-60r-seahawk/14313874/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Navy. 
The Federal Fire Department San Francisco helped with the rescue, as did a helicopter from the U.S. Coast Guard. The MH-60R Seahawk had been stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, according to Navy officials. 
The investigation into the cause of the crash is still ongoing. 
The Navy <a href="https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/MH-60R-Seahawk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that the MH-60R Seahawk is its “primary anti-submarine and surface warfare helicopter specially designed for all aspects of land or maritime operations from any aviation ship or air-capable vessel. The MH-60R has demonstrated unmatched multi-mission capabilities since achieving full operational capability in 2010 and has achieved the highest mission capable rates of any maritime helicopter.”
Its primary purpose is for anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, electromagnetic warfare, command and control, and non-combat operation, according to the Navy. 
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The helicopter crash comes just one week after a B-1 Lancer bomber <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-1-bomber-crash-lands-in-south-dakota-forcing-crew-to-eject" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crashed</a> in South Dakota, forcing the entire crew to eject during a training mission. 
The crash landing took place at Ellsworth Air Force Base during a training exercise. The 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth said that the accident happened while the plane was “attempting to land on the installation. At the time of the accident, it was on a training mission. There were four aircrew on board. All four ejected safely.”
There were <a href="https://apnews.com/article/b1-crash-air-force-bomber-ellsworth-2146e52e94ae5f928407a85030e8c60d">reportedly</a> poor winter weather conditions at the time of the crash, which is still being investigated by an officer board.

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U.S. border authorities dropped off 42,000 illegal immigrants on San Diego County streets between September and November of 2023, according to a <a href="https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/12/immigration-california-street-releases/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Migrants+to+California+released+on+San+Diego+streets&amp;utm_campaign=WhatMatters&amp;vgo_ee=1VZSjOW%2B2InkaCpN620mFqFwr9nIqJawkno14pKj6RWrMdbCVmHCnDzN%3AhnsYyqzV03FW9Q6ljLlBTeA%2FQSRB2h23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report</a> from Cal Matters.
The migrants have often been left at bus and trolley stops, three prominent sites for drop-off have been the Iris Transit Center San Diego; in San Ysidro, near the Port of Entry; and in Oceanside. In September, Oceanside Mayor Esther Sanchez said roughly 100 illegal immigrants arrived every day in Oceanside from San Clemente, where they had been processed.
In October, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors spent $3 million for migrant support services. On Tuesday, the board will vote whether to spend another $3 million for a welcome center for the immigrants.
“Illegal crossings topped a daily average of more than 8,000 last month,” AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-border-migrant-shelters-afd3a60803902eb4e1d6890785275a2c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in mid-October.
Title 42 expired in May 2023. It had been implemented in in March 2020, permitting Border Patrol agents to reject illegal immigrants who might bring Covid-19 into the U.S. Two days before the policy expired, the Border Patrol recorded more than 10,000 arrests. Speaking of the Biden administration letting the policy expire, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-title-42-border-rules-migration-11649118539" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, “President Biden’s transition team knew illegal border crossings had started to rise after Mr. Biden’s election, in part fueled by the widespread notion that he would be friendlier to migrants than Mr. Trump.”
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After Title 42 expired, one homeowner who owns 78 acres of land on the border with Mexico roughly 75 miles east of San Diego spoke to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/us/migrants-san-diego-border-culver/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, which reported that he claimed he saw “dozens, if not hundreds, of migrants crossing onto his land each day.” Another homeowner five miles east of that saw immigrants camping out on his 17-acre property, leaving discarded clothes and trash on the land. His wife commented, “The migrants have more rights than we do.”
Commenting on the illegal immigrant influx, CNN added, “The San Diego Border Patrol Sector has reported more than 230,000 encounters during the fiscal year that ended in September – a level of activity the agency has not seen in over two decades.”

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The family of a child with a rare illness is suing a children’s hospital that secretly recorded them in a failed attempt to prove abuse.
Madison Meyer, 20, grew up with a mysterious illness that was first diagnosed as a connective tissue disorder, but when treatment failed and her health continued to decline, her parents, Bill Meyer and Dana Gascay, took her to numerous doctors across the country searching for answers, KPBS <a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2023/11/07/san-diego-rady-childrens-hospital-surveilled-teen-parents-failed-attempt-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The family is now suing Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California, after staff allegedly filmed the family to prove Meyer’s condition wasn’t real.
Meyer’s illness resulted in numerous broken bones, dislocated joints, and chronic pain. She had multiple surgeries to correct these issues, but her family didn’t know what was causing them.
“To say we were concerned is an understatement,” Gascay said. “Obviously, as a parent, you hate standing by and seeing your child suffer,” Gascay told KPBS.
In 2019, Meyer’s doctors transferred her to Rady Children’s Hospital so she could receive care around the clock. Her parents were by her side the entire time, cleaning and bathing her and taking turns sleeping on a bed they cobbled together in Meyer’s hospital room.
The family is suing the hospital, saying that during that time – and unbeknownst to them – staffers secretly recorded the family 24/7, searching for signs of abuse. In court documents reviewed by KPBS, hospital employees admit to the surveillance.
Meyer’s family says in their lawsuit that the hospital didn’t have a search warrant for the surveillance and didn’t catch any signs of abuse. The family is suing the hospital, San Diego County, and individual employees, arguing the family’s privacy rights were violated.
“This was just beyond a horrific violation,” Gascay told KPBS. “You feel violated and dirty, because somebody&#8217;s there watching everything that you do.”
The hospital suspected that one or both of Meyer’s parents suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which a parent or guardian fakes or exaggerates illnesses and injuries in their child to receive attention from medical professionals.
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A San Diego County Superior Court commissioner reportedly said that the surveillance against the Meyer family was “unbelievable” and an “insensitive invasion of privacy,” according to the lawsuit.
The hospital did not comment on the specifics of the case.
“At Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, our top priority is providing the highest level of care to our patients and families,” the hospital said in a statement to the outlet. “The hospital does not comment generally on pending litigation and cannot comment specifically on this case due to patient privacy protections under federal and state law.”
San Diego County spokesman Michael Workman told KPBS that “social workers and medical professionals are required by law to report and investigate suspected child abuse.” He added that “no county employees were involved in the decision to surveil plaintiffs’ daughter’s hospital room.”
Dr. Shalon Nienow, Rady’s division director of child abuse pediatrics, said that she spoke to the county’s main child abuse investigator throughout the investigation into the alleged abuse.

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Californians are complaining about barely-clothed prostitutes roaming the streets in broad daylight, an issue heightened by Democratic Gov. Newsom signing Senate Bill 357, local officials say. 
SB 357, which was authored by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener and backed by the ACLU, decriminalizes “loitering with intent to commit prostitution.” Critics say the law effectively decriminalizes prostitution in California.
National City Mayor Ron Morrison, an independent, recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nearly-naked-prostitutes-prowl-streets-broad-daylight-california-law-ties-cops-hands-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the law, telling Fox News that prostitutes are now “wearing less than what you would consider a scanty negligee” and “flaunting it in everybody&#8217;s face.”
Morrison also said the law, which was signed by Newsom last year, ties the hands of law enforcement, stating that the &#8220;moment&#8221; the bill was signed “everyone knew the rules were out the window.”
San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit, likewise, told The Daily Wire that the law has &#8220;made it extremely difficult&#8221; for police to get involved. 
&#8220;In the past, you know, when we were able to contact women or those involved in sex trafficking, we could use the &#8216;loitering with intent&#8217; after we watched them. Once they decriminalize that, we really don’t have an entryway into making that contact anymore,” he said during a phone interview.
“What we’re seeing now, is we have these open sex markets, 24 hours a day, 365 days out of the year,&#8221; the police chief said. 
Morrison claimed police also can&#8217;t apprehend these women for indecent exposure, since the way that law is written, if their genitals are covered, they can’t be arrested. 
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Video footage from the Bay Area and San Diego, in particular, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W70hQknsCM&amp;t=173s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> women walking the streets in g-strings, bras, and high heels, sometimes bending over in traffic, at all times of the day. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OjP2x9v_TI">Residents</a> have routinely <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11731621/Furious-California-residents-rage-thong-clad-prostitutes-allowed-linger-streets.html">complained</a> about the noise, the fighting, the drug use, and how it’s wildly inappropriate for such behavior to be around children. The residents who have spoken out, typically anonymously, also worry for the women selling themselves, fearing they could be sex trafficking victims. 
Chief Nisleit said the law emboldens those trafficking women, &#8220;specifically younger women,&#8221; and makes it &#8220;much harder for us to rescue those victims. Just because you decriminalize something, doesn’t mean the impact on the victim, those who are being trafficked, or on the community goes away. In fact, sometimes, like this, it increases.”
Wiener said he drafted the legislation to protect <a href="https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20220620-senator-wiener%E2%80%99s-legislation-repeal-discriminatory-loitering-law-targeting-sex-workers#:~:text=The%20Coalition%20to%20Abolish%20Slavery,to%20be%20a%20sex%20worker.">“trans and black and brown women,”</a> whom he claims are harassed by police for their identity. 
“Why would we have a criminal law allowing a police officer to arrest you based exclusively on how you look, not on what you do?&#8221; Wiener <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r2fAwJUcB4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;That’s wrong, we shouldn&#8217;t have that kind of law on the books. And police have plenty of laws that deal with trafficking and they should be doing more work on addressing trafficking and less time complaining.” 
Anti-sex trafficking advocates and local leaders, including both Democrats and Republicans, are currently working to <a href="https://src.senate.ca.gov/content/california-senate-democrats-say-no-way-effort-repeal-legislation-protects-pimps-hurts-human">repeal SB357</a>, but thus far those efforts have fallen short. The law continues to have strong support from Democrats in the state Senate. In March, Senate Democrats voted against a repeal effort <a href="https://src.senate.ca.gov/sites/src.senate.ca.gov/files/SB%20100%20Roll%20Call.pdf">29 to 8</a>.

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A new video shows Border Patrol releasing hundreds of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration">illegal migrants</a> onto the streets of San Diego.
The three unmarked white Border Patrol buses can be seen pulled over on the side of the road as they begin releasing several hundred migrants onto the city streets across from a transit terminal, the video from Fox News shows.
Some of the migrants on the buses were from China and Pakistan, Fox News reported. The majority of the migrants were adult men, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/border-patrol-release-dozens-of-migrants-in-california-193008197542" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
One notable exchange between a migrant and a Border Patrol agent was caught on video.
&#8220;You&#8217;re free to go on and do whatever you want,&#8221; the Border Patrol agent said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s no problem if I go to Chicago?&#8221; the migrant asked the agent.
&#8220;You can do whatever you want. You&#8217;re free,&#8221; the agent said.
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NEW: Watch as Border Patrol mass releases hundreds of illegal migrants to a city street in San Diego as CBP facilities are overcrowded.
Migrant: “It’s no problem if I go to Chicago?” BP agent: “You can do whatever you want, you’re free.” 
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reportedly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/border-patrol-release-dozens-of-migrants-in-california-193008197542" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the migrant drop-offs are standard procedure. They are reportedly a way to relieve crowding at border crossings.
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Migrant releases are also happening in Arizona south of Tucson as well.
In Sierra Vista, a Guatemalan migrant family was dropped off by Border Patrol in a Dollar Tree parking lot, leaving them confused about what to do next, Fox News reported.
The local Arizona sheriff slammed CBP for releasing the migrants onto the streets.
&#8220;People come from all over the country to smuggle here, endanger this community, the citizens, and we work united to combat that,&#8221; said Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels.
&#8220;Then to find out yesterday that CBP is doing street releases, as they call them, safe. There&#8217;s nothing safe about it,&#8221; Dannels said.
In El Paso, the Texas National Guard is using razor wire to try to keep large groups of migrants from crossing the border illegally.
The CBP estimates that there were about 230,000 migrant encounters in August, Fox News reported, which would be the highest monthly total so far this year.
In July, CBP <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-july-2023-monthly-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encountered</a> a total of 183,503 migrants, including those who presented at ports of entry.
Meanwhile, major cities are struggling to handle tens of thousands of new migrants streaming in from the border.
New York City is trying to metabolize <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/house-democrats-migrant-crisis-tour-interrupted-by-protesters-outside-roosevelt-hotel#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 113,000 migrants who have shown up in the city since last spring, nearly 60,000 of whom are still being housed on the city&#8217;s dime.
The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
“This issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this month. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month. … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”
Chicago has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/gop-migrants-blue-cities.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen</a> an influx of about 13,500 migrants recently. The country’s third-largest city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-facing-pushback-from-city-council-members-over-migrant-tent-plan">spent</a> at least $250 million on the issue.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing pushback from members of the city council over his plan to house <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration">migrants</a> in tents across the city.
The situation has sparked tension between Democratic governors and mayors and the Biden administration, with local leaders pleading for more federal help with the migrant crisis.

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At least eight suspected immigrants died late Saturday night after two panga boats reportedly capsized near Black’s Beach in San Diego, California, local authorities said.
San Diego Fire Department lifeguards told <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/8-dead-after-boat-capsizes-at-blacks-beach-sdfd/3184668/">NBC</a> that a woman called 911 just before midnight on Saturday, saying a panga boat with eight to 10 people on board had capsized. The small fishing boats are often used for smuggling operations. 
San Diego Police Officer Sarah Foster told <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-12/8-reported-dead-after-2-suspected-smuggling-boats-crash-at-blacks-beach-in-san-diego">The Los Angeles Times</a> the woman who called traveled on the other boat, but when emergency crews arrived, they discovered that both vessels had capsized and found no survivors. Officials estimated 23 people were on the two boats and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-beach-boat-deaths-migrants-d98169e8b193a0a00cee403617d59a10">said</a> the remaining passengers could have escaped.
Due to the high tide and thick fog, authorities struggled to access the shore area. After scaling north on the coast, lifeguards found the deceased bodies and overturned boats. Crews were still searching for an estimated seven additional victims, authorities <a href="https://www.kbtx.com/2023/03/12/authorities-8-dead-7-missing-off-san-diego-coast/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=snd&amp;utm_content=kbtx">said</a> on Sunday.
San Diego Fire-Rescue’s Deputy Chief of Operations Daniel Eddy told OnScene TV that authorities could not get any helicopters up.
“We had boats in the water, but at first light, once all the conditions clear, we will have Coast Guard out here and San Diego Fire-Rescue and lifeguards doing a joint search through the water for any possible victims that are left,” Eddy said.
“We tried to launch helicopters both from San Diego Fire and Coast Guard but due to the conditions, they couldn’t get up,” Eddy said. “Coast Guard finally got up with their copter but due to the conditions of the fog in the area it was hard for their [forward-looking thermal imaging cameras] to get through to see anything in the water.”
U.S. Border Patrol authorities told the Times they had no further information about the incident or if law enforcement has detained anyone.
“This is one of the worst maritime tragedies that I can think of in California, and certainly here in San Diego.” San Diego Lifeguard Chief James Gartland said during a <a href="https://twitter.com/perlashaheen/status/1634969182545780739">press conference</a> on Sunday.
Coast Guard Capt. James Spitler told reporters at a morning news conference since 2017, the Southern California coastal region has seen a 771% increase in human trafficking.
“Since 2021, we’ve had 23 lives lost at sea,” Spitler said.
Immigrant encounters at the U.S. southern border have surged to an all-time high under President Joe Biden. 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shatters-all-time-record-for-number-of-illegal-alien-encounters-on-southern-border">251,487 encounters</a> with illegal aliens in December, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history. Combined with the first two months of the fiscal year 2023 — October and November — those numbers put the U.S. on track to have more than 2.87 million illegal alien encounters on the U.S. southern border.
As of last December, the Biden administration has experienced ten straight months of 200,000+ illegal alien encounters on the southern border.
The administration fears that the numbers could worsen after Title 42, a Trump-era health order allowing U.S. Border Patrol agents to turn away migrants at the border, expires on May 11.
The Biden administration is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-considers-reviving-border-rules-he-campaigned-on-ending-report">reportedly</a> considering resurrecting stiffer regulations on families crossing illegally into the U.S. after scrapping similar policies over a year ago. A decision to revive the policy would be a reversal for Biden, who <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://joebiden.com/immigration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> to end long detainments or not detaining children.

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Californians are bewildered by sustained <a href="https://edsource.org/2022/chronic-absences-rise-to-record-levels-in-california-but-so-do-graduation-rates/682943" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chronic absenteeism among public school students</a>. In January of 2023, over 27,000 out of the 98,000, or <a href="https://inewsource.org/2023/01/25/san-diego-unified-students-are-missing-school-at-alarming-rates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">28% of students enrolled in San Diego Unified</a>, were considered chronically absent in California’s second-largest school district. This represents a sudden, staggering increase from pre-2020 levels, which were relatively stable, going back years, at around 10-12% of the student population. The lockdown and illness era are in the rearview mirror, yet students continue to stay home in significant numbers regularly. 
Popular explanations point to RSV, COVID, and flu outbreaks. However, a few simple data points undermine that as a primary cause of this phenomenon. For example, Asian American students experience comparatively low levels of chronic absenteeism at around 11.4% of the statewide makeup, whereas 42.5% of African American students were chronically absent last year. Diseases do not discriminate based on one’s race, so other factors must be at play.  
California’s establishment educational leaders puzzled by this phenomenon have resorted to their preferred methods of analysis, typically those involving more race categorizations, leading to more technocratic-oriented solutions that give more centralized power to bureaucrats. In the wake of this fixation, much remains to be examined. 
I want to direct attention to one variable neglected from the mainstream discussion: the grading policies established by the State of California and individual school districts.  
We know that students emerging from lockdowns and virtual learning are more behind than ever, yet California is graduating more students than ever. When combined, those two considerations are worth pausing and reflecting on. The floodgates of accountability have been opened to a population of students that have suffered greatly in recent years. 
Nevertheless, they are being held to a new low standard, presumably indefinitely, and nobody is having a serious conversation about restoring accountability to lift kids up. Sadly, the student groups suffering the most are the ones who can least afford to sit on the sidelines; the homeless, the disabled, the poor, and the marginalized, who are chronically absent at ever-increasing levels exceeding 40% of their respective populations. In the spirit of pardoning the afflicted, the afflicted have been hurt more, while others who are bodily, financially, or culturally resilient continue, mostly unscathed, pulling ahead more.    
In 2020, San Diego Unified upended its grading policy to turn what was once a traditional academic grade on a 1-100 scale to an abridged 1-4 scale with many of the contributing elements removed from the grade. In perfect Orwellian fashion, this new condensed “standards-based grading” eliminates previous standards that were once factored into a student’s grade. The standard particularly relevant to the rise in absenteeism is a now missing “citizenship” grade, which previously held students accountable more holistically. 
Presently, attendance, turning in homework, and showing up on time are no longer factors in a grade. On top of this, AB 104 passed statewide, allowing students to remove D and F grades from their transcripts to only report a pass or fail grade. Both grading movements effectively lower the bar and provide an easy out for those desiring one.  
As every teacher knows, students are remarkably talented in assessing where they need to direct their time and attention to secure a desired grade. They will find the path of least resistance and execute. This is analogous to the way adults behave in the marketplace of goods, services, and jobs. 
Getting students to love learning more than they value a grade has been a perennial challenge of grading systems, which, while never perfect, did traditionally move students towards proficiency and knowledge in a way these new grading systems don’t.
Under San Diego’s new “standards-based grading,” that proficiency is often reflected in a 3 out of 4 grade. For many high-performing students, the 4 out of 4 grade has become beyond reach. For less ambitious students, the 2 out of 4 grade is rarely used as an instrument of punishment, so they, too, are incorporated into the 3 out of 4 grade holders. Therefore, we miraculously have achieved grading “equity” with this transformation of students into one shared mass of score of 3. An equal outcome has been achieved, and the graduates will move forward into the world as one body, absorbed into each other and indistinguishable from each other, regardless of who came to class.
This exemplifies how bad, ideologically driven ideas run up against the rough edges of reality quickly and decisively. If you take away the grading incentive for students to participate and learn, then you see the direct “economic” consequence of that move reflected in thousands of kids staying home.
The good news is that average daily attendance is the main variable holding those in California edu-power accountable. Districts receive funding based on attendance and cannot bleed money in the long run. Continuing to lose students to private charter schools and having huge populations of students stay home is a recipe for school district financial collapse. Accordingly, this will be addressed sometime soon.
Unfortunately, the likely path of least resistance that establishment leaders will take will not involve revising the grading policy. If we look to history, they too will enviably do what is most comfortable — lobby in Sacramento to undo this last thread of accountability they are held to with attendance and funding.
Becca Williams is the Founder of Valor Education and Board Member of Valor Public Schools.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A female California teenager in San Diego County told local city officials Wednesday she was exposed to male genitalia inside a YMCA women&#8217;s locker room after finishing a workout.
Rebecca Phillips, 17, said during the public comments section at the January 11 <a href="https://cityofsantee.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/1524?site=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santee City Council</a> meeting that the exposure happened two weeks ago after she completed swimming laps and cleaning up in the Cameron Family YMCA women&#8217;s locker room.
&#8220;As I was showering after my workout, I saw a naked male in the women&#8217;s locker room,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;I immediately went back into the shower terrified and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone.&#8221;
Phillips said she asked YMCA management about the facility&#8217;s transgender policy, and she said the family recreation center confirmed to her that staff allowed the man &#8220;to shower wherever he pleased.&#8221;
&#8220;As long as you are not a red flag on Megan&#8217;s Law — California sex offender registry — a grown male can shower alongside a teenage girl at your YMCA location here in Santee,&#8221; Phillips told city officials. &#8220;I was made to feel as though I had done something wrong when I talked to people at the YMCA.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=204836045439362&amp;set=pcb.1374669206606113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to the YMCA of San Diego County&#8217;s &#8220;Transgender &amp; Nonbinary Guidelines,&#8221; employees must &#8220;teach acceptance and not hate,&#8221; adding they cannot assume an individual&#8217;s gender identity.
&#8220;No one should be required to use an alternative restroom because they are trans,&#8221; the guidelines state.
The guidelines further note that legal gender, physical genitalia, or gender expression don&#8217;t dictate the use of gender-segregated spaces, which allows &#8220;trans individuals&#8221; to choose either locker room/restroom. If the YMCA facility requires someone to use a bathroom or other areas specific to gender that a person does not &#8220;identify,&#8221; the statement reads that it could &#8220;be detrimental for a trans individual&#8217;s well-being and safety and puts the YMCA at risk for discrimination complaints.&#8221;
YMCA officials updated the policy last April around the same when the San Diego Board of Supervisors passed an <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/5657be7bd78000fed1bad882d/files/626f61b2-c56c-df09-e8c4-262155e1be1f/CEDAW_Draft_OrdinanceCleanHL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordinance</a>, which opponents say redefines the meaning of the word &#8220;women&#8221; and jeopardizes women&#8217;s rights and safety.
San Diego County supervisors advanced the ordinance in May of last year, based on the United Nations women&#8217;s bill of rights formally known as &#8220;<a href="https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm">The Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women</a>&#8221; that President Jimmy Carter signed on to. The U.S. Senate never ratified the bill, but more than 180 countries adopted the international treaty.
San Diego County, however, added transgender and nonbinary inclusive language to its version, which applies to county departments and programs, according to its text.
Brittany Mayer, San Diego resident and founder of the citizen group &#8220;Rooted Wings,&#8221; initially told county supervisors before the ordinance passed that it would have massive implications for women and girls in San Diego.
Mayer told The Daily Wire that current policies created nationwide and in San Diego specifically are &#8220;dangerous and massively consequential for the safety and well-being of children,&#8221; adding that she refused to look the other way on Phillips&#8217; experience at the YMCA.
&#8220;This is not rocket science,&#8221; Mayer said. &#8220;This is as obvious as 2+2 = 4 — although, these days, some would say that is controversial.&#8221;
&#8220;We must protect our children from ideologies that are putting them in harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; she added.
Tracie Thill, founder of local citizen group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1126358298103873/">SanteeParents4Choice</a>, told The Daily Wire the group was concerned after San Diego County supervisors voted to &#8220;change the definition of a woman&#8221; it would allow males in female locker rooms at public schools.
&#8220;Unfortunately, this happened at our local Santee YMCA locker room, where countless minor girls use the facilities,&#8221; Thill said. &#8220;This will not be tolerated here. We will do whatever it takes to work with city leaders and YMCA officials to make a policy change — or the Y can see themselves out of Santee.&#8221;
San Diego County YMCA officials told <a href="https://www.kusi.com/santee-ymca-allows-naked-man-to-use-womens-locker-room-with-underage-girls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KUSI News</a> the organization is aware of a situation &#8220;involving two members in the locker room of the Santee YMCA earlier this month.&#8221;
&#8220;The comfort and safety of all our members is our highest priority,&#8221; the statement read, in part. &#8220;As a community focused organization, we strive to meet the needs of all individuals. We recognize that birth and gender identity are sensitive subjects. We rely on subject matter experts, laws, and guidelines established by the State of California to ensure our policies are welcoming and respectful for all community members.&#8221;
&#8220;As part of this commitment to ensure all individuals feel comfortable, we are reviewing lock room floorplans across all facilities within our association. Our goal is to ensure that everyone has access to additional privacy if desired and needed,&#8221; it continued.
Phillips claims her father reached out to management following the incident, but employees refused to let him speak with the branch manager.
Several days later, Phillips said, a top YMCA official allegedly told her father that his daughter had not been in any danger at the time of the incident. Phillips said the county sheriff&#8217;s department told her father not to let his daughter shower at the recreation center &#8220;ever again.&#8221;
Phillips further called on the city council to take action.
&#8220;The fact that we are now tailoring our privacy policies and bathroom laws around transgender — ignoring the blatant threat to safety that this poses is obscene,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;The safety of children — girls — is on the chopping block.&#8221;

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A California appeals court ruled against the San Diego Unified School District on Tuesday by affirming school districts lack the authority to impose student COVID vaccine mandates.
The 4th District Court of Appeal agreed with a lower court&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sirillp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SD-Appeal-decision-ebae31d7a4c2fc1f05bc4144fe5db74b.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling</a>, which determined that only state lawmakers could require a vaccine for in-person school attendance leaving &#8220;no room for each of the over 1,000 individual school districts to impose a patchwork of additional vaccine mandates.&#8221;
District officials adopted a &#8220;Vaccination Roadmap&#8221; in September 2021 that would have required a COVID vaccine for students 16 or older to attend in-person classes, enroll in sports, and engage in other extracurricular activities. However, the anti-mandate group Let Them Choose posed a legal challenge to the district in October 2021.
The court called the district&#8217;s so-called roadmap a strained argument that does not actually mandate students to be vaccinated against COVID but &#8220;rather gives them a choice to either do so or be enrolled in independent study,&#8221; adding the choice resembles &#8220;the school cafeteria offering a choice between Brussels sprouts or broccoli.&#8221;
&#8220;We doubt that students and their parents perceive a real choice,&#8221; the court filing reads. &#8220;For some, independent study would likely be a step backwards.&#8221;
The ruling cited reports from California Department of Education officials who argue that independent study programs work for some students who typically have support from their parents or guardian, motivation, and a strong commitment to work independently.
Lee Andelin, attorney for plaintiff Let Them Choose, told the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-23/san-diego-unified-covid-vaccine-mandate-appeals-court">Los Angeles Times</a> the court&#8217;s ruling makes a &#8220;great win for children and the rule of law and ensures consistency statewide.&#8221;
&#8220;The published opinion applies to all California school districts and sets important precedent to protect access to education,&#8221; Andelin said.
Dean White, a Washington-based lawyer who has been a part of several cases surrounding COVID mandates, to the <a href="https://californiaglobe.com/articles/california-appellate-court-panel-strikes-down-sdusd-appeal-of-vaccine-mandate-ban/">California Globe</a> that the district could have avoided the issue if only it allowed religious and personal belief exemptions.
&#8220;A lot of parents still would have not liked the mandate itself, but it would have given many a reasonable way out,&#8221; White said. &#8220;Instead, the district backed them into a corner and didn&#8217;t even hear them out on it before putting in that mandate.&#8221;
White argued although children&#8217;s health and safety are essential, religious beliefs are also important, citing students have the right to individually pray or wear religious symbols such as the cross, the star of David, or a hijab.
&#8220;But here, even if it went against your beliefs, they said you had to take a vaccine and go against your faith, or go to alternate methods,&#8221; White added. &#8220;You can see why judges keep siding on these groups challenging school districts over this — and the San Diego case is huge and precedent-making.&#8221;
Mike Murad, San Diego Unified spokesperson, told the L.A. Times the district is examining the appeals court ruling and &#8220;will consider its next steps.&#8221;

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