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Author Archives: Kate Morrissey

Kate Morrissey has been a journalist covering immigration issues at the San Diego-Tijuana border since 2016. She worked at The San Diego Union-Tribune for more than seven years, and she is known nationally for her work on the U.S. asylum system and border policies.

In 2020, Morrissey published "Returned," an award-winning, four-part series investigating the U.S. asylum system.

Asylum seekers dropped at off near the Iris Avenue Trolley Station in Otay Mesa on Sept. 14, 2023.
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: Deportation Threat Looms Over Haitian Immigrants

by Kate Morrissey April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

Outside a local home improvement store, groups of men stand and sit in the shade of a cluster of nearby trees.  A few stand in the parking lot, dodging instructions […]

Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: On the Lookout for ICE

by Kate Morrissey March 17, 2025March 17, 2025
Posted inNews

San Diego Resettlement Agencies Scramble to Keep Newly Arrived Refugees from Losing their Homes

by Kate Morrissey February 18, 2025February 18, 2025
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: One Woman’s Brush with Immigration Officials

by Kate Morrissey February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
Board of Supervisors meeting at the San Diego County Administration Building in downtown on Dec. 5, 2023.
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: Understanding San Diego’s Stricter ‘Sanctuary’ Policy 

by Kate Morrissey January 6, 2025January 6, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: What a Sanctuary City Is, and Isn’t

by Kate Morrissey December 9, 2024December 9, 2024
Migrants stay at Border Line Crisis Center in Tijuana on Dec 21. 2022, while waiting to enter the United States.
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: Deterrence Starts Way Before Migrants Reach Our Border

by Kate Morrissey November 25, 2024November 25, 2024
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: Migrant Deaths and the Stories They Leave Behind

by Kate Morrissey November 11, 2024November 11, 2024
Asylum seekers can be seen through the border wall waiting for snacks and fruit that were given out by volunteers in San Ysidro on May 11, 2023.
Posted inBorder

Border Report: San Diego’s Ex-Border Patrol Chief Says He Was Pressured to Hide Migrants

by Kate Morrissey October 14, 2024October 14, 2024
Posted inBorder Report

Border Report: How Immigration Status Restricts Homeownership

by Kate Morrissey September 16, 2024September 16, 2024

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