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Calexico

American  
[kuh-lek-si-koh] / kəˈlɛk sɪˌkoʊ /

noun

  1. a town in S California.


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In July 1954, under Eisenhower, 88 workers died of sunstroke in the desert below Calexico, where they’d been deported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In California, privately run detentions centers operate in McFarland and Bakersfield in the Central Valley, near the border in Calexico and in Adelanto in San Bernardino County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025

The task force was launched in 2022, when about 30 service members were deployed to the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate and Calexico ports of entry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

He, too, moved back in with his parents in Calexico, and in 2022 successfully campaigned for City Council alongside Ureña.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

With that complete understanding of the principle of motor locomotion, I drove down the mountainside toward Calexico, some fifty miles away.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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