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Calexico

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

noun

  1. a town in S California.


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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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