{"id":2197,"date":"2025-11-12T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/?page_id=2197"},"modified":"2025-11-27T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:33:08","slug":"refugee-and-immigrant-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/refugee-and-immigrant-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugee and Immigrant Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2197\" class=\"elementor elementor-2197\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdfc5a7\" data-id=\"bdfc5a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f746c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35f746c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/globe-people-175x140-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2207\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8077941\" data-id=\"8077941\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705cff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"705cff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/need-help-resource-guide-refugees-and-immigrants\">NEED HELP? RESOURCE GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129c13c elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"129c13c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Find resources for refugees throughout San Diego County by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/sites\/eastcountymagazine.org\/files\/refugee%20resources%20list.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">clicking this link<\/a>. Many services are available including help with resettlement, immigration, education, jobs, literacy, healthcare, and much more.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7905e23 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7905e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/need-help-resource-guide-refugees-and-immigrants\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5324f3 elementor-section-full_width 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href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/trump-aims-slash-refugee-admissions-and-add-racist-criteria\">Trump aims to slash refugee admissions and add racist criteria<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f501ee4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f501ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Image left:\u00a0 Refugee issues covered by ECM over the years includes persecution of Iraqi Christians, Kurdish immigrations fleeing ISIS, a migrant crisis at the Mexican border, asylum seekers fleeing violence in Africa, efforts to help African women refugees, Afghan refugees starting new lives in East County&#8211;many after helping the U.S. military, Ukrainians in Santee after Russia&#8217;s invasion of their homeland, and cultural celebrations of Asian immigrants in our region.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cf56c elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c1cf56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/trump-aims-slash-refugee-admissions-and-add-racist-criteria\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aad7533 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no\" 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https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/flag-march-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ae4870\" data-id=\"6ae4870\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c83fd77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c83fd77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/%E2%80%9Cwe-are-immigrants%E2%80%9D-rally-escondido-celebrated-immigrants%E2%80%99-contributions-america\">\u201cWe are immigrants\u201d rally in Escondido celebrated immigrants\u2019 contributions to America<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2baeb31 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2baeb31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>September 29, 2025 (Escondido) &#8211; Approximately 100 residents from Ramona, Temecula, Escondido, San Diego, and other\u00a0locations joined in a &#8216;We are All Immigrants&#8217; rally on September 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in Escondido.\u00a0\u00a0The rally was organized by the North County chapters of Indivisible and 50501.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7374112 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7374112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/%E2%80%9Cwe-are-immigrants%E2%80%9D-rally-escondido-celebrated-immigrants%E2%80%99-contributions-america\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-65af2a7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no\" data-id=\"65af2a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-03edfe2\" data-id=\"03edfe2\" 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elementor-element elementor-element-ced4659\" data-id=\"ced4659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d83b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d83b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/supreme-court-%E2%80%9Clegalized-racial-profiling%E2%80%9D-los-angeles-ruling-immigration-and-civil-liberties\">Supreme Court \u201clegalized racial profiling\u201d in Los Angeles ruling, immigration and civil liberties experts warn<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb12cf1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb12cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 14, 2025 (Los Angeles) &#8212; The Supreme Court has lifted restrictions that had barred the Trump administration from carrying out immigration-related raids in the Los Angeles area based on broad criteria, such as speaking Spanish or gathering at locations where day laborers often congregate, <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: 400;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/08\/supreme-court-ice-raids-ruling-00550551\" data-extlink=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to POLITICO<\/span>(link is external)<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce941d1 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ce941d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button 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src=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SouthwestKeyElCajon2018-300x168-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2211\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-60830ff\" data-id=\"60830ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8328c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8328c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/migrant-children-sites-el-cajon-and-lemon-grove-shut-down-trump-admin-drops-lawsuit-accused-operator\">Migrant children sites in El Cajon and Lemon Grove shut down: Trump admin. drops lawsuit that accused operator of sexual abuse<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca50c8 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eca50c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong>Updated Aug. 15 with responses from federal officials<\/strong><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Aug. 14, 2025 (El Cajon) \u2013 Nonprofit Southwest Key Programs Inc. (<em>photo, left<\/em>) is no longer operating its site in El Cajon that had been housing unaccompanied immigrant children since the first Trump administration<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b88dc13 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b88dc13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/migrant-children-sites-el-cajon-and-lemon-grove-shut-down-trump-admin-drops-lawsuit-accused-operator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4f075e\" data-id=\"a4f075e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780a06c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"780a06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/wild-fire-alerts\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-1024x639.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2750\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/East_County_Magazine_-_Banner-19-1-5-2048x1277.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East County Magazine View our calendar Follow us on Facebook Follow our alerts on X Subscribe to our RSS feed NEED HELP? RESOURCE GUIDE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS Find resources for refugees throughout San Diego County by\u00a0clicking this link. Many services are available including help with resettlement, immigration, education, jobs, literacy, healthcare, and much more.\u00a0 Read Full Article Trump aims to slash refugee admissions and add racist criteria Image left:\u00a0 Refugee issues covered by ECM over the years includes persecution of Iraqi Christians, Kurdish immigrations fleeing ISIS, a migrant crisis at the Mexican border, asylum seekers fleeing violence in Africa, efforts to help African women refugees, Afghan refugees starting new lives in East County&#8211;many after helping the U.S. military, Ukrainians in Santee after Russia&#8217;s invasion of their homeland, and cultural celebrations of Asian immigrants in our region. Read Full Article \u201cWe are immigrants\u201d rally in Escondido celebrated immigrants\u2019 contributions to America September 29, 2025 (Escondido) &#8211; Approximately 100 residents from Ramona, Temecula, Escondido, San Diego, and other\u00a0locations joined in a &#8216;We are All Immigrants&#8217; rally on September 27th\u00a0in Escondido.\u00a0\u00a0The rally was organized by the North County chapters of Indivisible and 50501. Read Full Article Supreme Court \u201clegalized racial profiling\u201d in Los Angeles ruling, immigration and civil liberties experts warn September 14, 2025 (Los Angeles) &#8212; The Supreme Court has lifted restrictions that had barred the Trump administration from carrying out immigration-related raids in the Los Angeles area based on broad criteria, such as speaking Spanish or gathering at locations where day laborers often congregate, according to POLITICO(link is external).\u00a0 Read Full Article Migrant children sites in El Cajon and Lemon Grove shut down: Trump admin. drops lawsuit that accused operator of sexual abuse Updated Aug. 15 with responses from federal officials\u00a0Aug. 14, 2025 (El Cajon) \u2013 Nonprofit Southwest Key Programs Inc. (photo, left) is no longer operating its site in El Cajon that had been housing unaccompanied immigrant children since the first Trump administration Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3596,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2197\/revisions\/3596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}