Calexico
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was being held at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico before he was transferred to the hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
Her father was in detention in New Jersey before being moved to Calexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
When they first came into office, Ureña and Manzanarez were hailed as young changemakers in Calexico, an impoverished town separated from the sprawling city of Mexicali, Mexico, by a steel border fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Still, she said, the Calexico special election “was very passionate on both sides, and I feel that it encouraged a lot of voters to come out who might not have done so before.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 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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