Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
For years an area known simply as 'the soccer-field' was one of the most notorious crossings between the US and Mexico. The patch of dirt in a canyon just southeast of San Diego became a flashpoint in immigration reform under then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986.
"Both sides would use [the field] depending on how they viewed that debate," said reporter John Wilkens who went back to the area to talk to local residents and see how much has changed today. He wrote about it for the San Diego Union Tribune.