El Centro

American  

[el sen-troh] / ɛl ˈsɛn troʊ /

noun

1. a city in S California.

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Example Sentences

These include aggressive employer outreach, she said, and the launch of a new agricultural unit “to strengthen enforcement, increase on-site inspections, and expand resources to better reach and protect workers” in areas such as El Centro, Salinas and Lodi.

From Los Angeles Times

Determined to understand the recent shift, during summer break I traveled in Imperial County, interviewing local officials in El Centro, Calexico and other towns.

From Los Angeles Times

In late December, Gregory Bovino, who heads the Border Patrol’s El Centro region, led a three-day raid in rural Kern County, nabbing day laborers more than 300 miles from his typical territory.

From Los Angeles Times

“We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles,” said Gregory Bovino, technically the Border Patrol sector chief of El Centro, hundreds of miles away.

From Slate

Last month, the DOJ fired its top prosecutor in Sacramento after she told Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector, that he could not carry out indiscriminate immigration raids around Sacramento this summer.

From Los Angeles Times