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Good morning, San Diego.
And a very happy December to us all. I’m sitting here wondering how this happened so fast, just as I do every December.
We’re getting back to our usual tempo around here at Times of San Diego. I’m perhaps running a little slower than usual after eating an entire table’s worth of leftovers in one sitting.
We’re starting the week off with an in-depth look at a hideous choice that is being forced on immigrants in the United States whose paperwork is still being processed: Leave now, or wait for your hearing in detention — a process that can take years, even decades in some cases. But even when they agree to be deported, it’s often to a third country, not even their nation of origin.
“They play with your mind,” said one woman who has been processed through the system. Read more from our immigration reporter Lillian Perlmutter here.
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Today’s top story
Migrants face a choice: Wait years for a hearing, or agree to be deported now
By Lillian Perlmutter • Times of San Diego
Some say they sign an agreement to be deported willingly. Some say they’re coerced. Either way, advocates claim the system could deny millions of people the rights they could preserve through a simple court filing.
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Today’s opinion column
Opinion: Social media is having notable effects on many people — for many reasons
People use largely popular apps like TikTok and Instagram to express themselves in creative ways through their posts.
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