Border Patrol used Escondido police gun range for training in 2018
Feb 25, 2026·Location: Escondido, CA
Documents obtained by activists reveal that U.S. Border Patrol used the Escondido Police Department's gun range for training at least seven times between February and June 2018, paying $300 per use. The discovery came as the city was scheduled to meet to discuss an ongoing contract between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Escondido police.
Sources
- Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges
Associated Press·Feb 25, 2026·archived copy
- Before Escondido meeting about ICE use of gun range, documents reveal Border Patrol also used facility
daylightsandiego.org·Feb 25, 2026·archived copy
- Border Patrol, County Code Enforcement Looking for Answers About Controversial on Gun Range
nbcsandiego.com·Apr 17, 2018·archived copy
- Escondido's had a contract with ICE for more than a decade. Now critics want the city to end it
timesofsandiego.com·Feb 25, 2026·archived copy
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