Times of San Diego separately emailed a survey to every member of the San Diego County Republican Central Committee and top GOP elected officials — 60 people -- and only two responded.

Immigration is a controversial topic these days, but refugees are real families who have been forced to flee. Their lives are at risk, and they have nowhere else to turn.

January has been a month of political education and organizing in San Diego, inspired by the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico.