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SUNDAY TRUMP PLAN FLORIDA BRACES FOR IRMA’S TO CANCEL DACA PUTS SLOW CRAWL OVER STATE MEXICO ON HIGH ALERT Critics: Country welcoming, but not ready for deportees

BY SANDRA DIBBLE

They are native sons and daughters who left Mexico at a young age, grew up in the United States, and now face the possibility of a forced return to a coun- try most can barely remember — if at all. Hundreds of thousands of these young and undocumented Mexican im- migrants are now struggling with an un- certain future. Questions about their fate have also loomed large in Mexico in recent days, forcing a closer look at how the country receives U.S. deportees. The wake-up call came Tuesday, with the Trump administration’s an- nouncement that it is canceling the Obama-era Deferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals (DACA) program. While it’s not a path to U.S. citizenship or per- manent resident status, the DACA pro- gram since 2012 has allowed participa- nts to study, work and live in the United States without fear of deportation. With that protection being lifted, Con- gress has been given six months to find a solution. Across Mexico, the news of DACA’s AP cancellation for many has cut to the STEPHEN B. MORTON quick. President Enrique Peña Nieto Elizabeth Ponder (center) hugs her daughter while standing in line at the Savannah, Ga., Civic Center as they evacuate SEE MEXICO • A14 from the path of Hurricane Irma on Saturday. More than 6.5 million people in Florida and Georgia were ordered to flee. EVACUATIONS: Tens of thousands fill shelters as storm’s path moves toward the state’s Gulf Coast

DACA PROFILES HEAVY DAMAGE: Hurricane lashes Cuba as death toll across the Caribbean rises to at least 25

BY JOEL ACHENBACH, the west side of the peninsula. Irma’s projected path KATIE ZEZIMA & PERRY STEIN Officials along the Gulf Coast ‘DREAMERS’ scrambled to open shelters for a (as of Saturday night) Hurricane Irma began its de- stampede of residents newly SAY THEY WILL structive crawl over Florida on alarmed when Irma swung her 2 p.m. Wed. Saturday, with brutal winds fury their way. Thousands were KY. flattening trees and knocking lined up to enter an arena in out power across the southern Naples even as early wind gusts FIGHT TO STAY TENN. 2 p.m. Tue. Atlantic tip of the state in what residents climbed above 75 mph at some BY KATE MORRISSEY feared were the opening blows South Florida airports. GA. Ocean of a historically devastating “The storm is here,” Florida ALA. 2 p.m. Mon. When “dreamers” talk about what the storm. Gov. Rick Scott said at a news Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals The hurricane, which left a conference Saturday. program has meant to them, one word Potential track area wake of at least 25 deaths in the The National Hurricane Caribbean, approached Florida Center downgraded Irma to a comes up more than any others — free- FLA. dom. 2 a.m. Mon. with thousands of residents still Category 3 storm Saturday, After Tuesday’s announcement that Gulf of on the move. More than 6 million with maximum sustained winds ends the program with a six-month de- Mexico Ta m pa people across the state were or- of 125 mph. But the storm was lay, those who benefited from DACA dered to leave threatened areas, strengthening as it approached 2 p.m. Sun. have said they won’t give up that free- 5 p.m. Sat. one of the largest emergency in the Atlantic and was ex- dom without a fight. They are rallying, evacuations in U.S. history. pected to make landfall in the protesting and lobbying, and many are Some were forced to flee Florida Keys around 5 a.m. local stepping forward to share their stories. CUBA more than once as the storm’s time today as a Category 4 They hope that their efforts will lead changing path shifted the bull’s- storm. It was driving a storm Congress to pass legislation giving them Sources: Maps4News/HERE; National Hurricane Center AP eye of panic from the east side to SEE IRMA • A5 permanent permission to be in the U.S. Several polls show that the American public wants to see such legislation pass. Many who support President Donald Trump’s immigration policies would IN DEPTH prefer that legislation protecting dream- ers include increased enforcement in other areas, including funding for more Diocese, victims agents and Trump’s border wall. Many dreamers have rejected being used as a “bargaining chip” to further still cope with Trump’s immigration agenda. They don’t want protection for themselves coming at the expense of those they care fallout 10 years about. Read the stories of three dreamers, Ignacio Hernandez, Iveth Estrada and after settlement Irving Hernandez De La Torre, on A15.

BY PETER ROWE Diocese of San Diego agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle BUSINESS Whenever Heidi Lynch the lawsuits filed by Lynch thinks about priests molest- and 143 other adults. As chil- ing children, her stomach dren, each had been sexually U-T JOURNALIST churns, her head spins and assaulted by a priest or, in her questions multiply. one case, a layman supervis- BIDS FAREWELL HOWARD LIPIN U-T “Are they really taking ing altar boys. Business columnist Dan Heidi Lynch, who was sexually abused by a priest as a girl during weekly care of the children?” asked This was a landmark mo- McSwain says explaining things catechism classes, holds dog tags with a photo of herself at 8 years old. Lynch, a 60-year-old San Car- ment in one the largest scan- clearly to readers — which uses a los resident, who between the dals in the church’s 2,000- lot of brainpower — has always ages of 8 and 11 was repeat- year-old history. From Dub- been his greatest mission. That’s edly raped by a priest. “Are lin to Manila, Boston to Port- why even a “normal” cognitive they really taking care of the land, Ore., Catholic officials decline has convinced him it’s $198.1 million abusers? Are they still hiding were hauled into court to ac- time to call it quits. Read his final this?” count for shielding predatory column on C1. Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego’s settlement with victims Ten years ago — on Sept. clerics, often for decades. of sexual abuse, announced on Sept. 7, 2007 7, 2007 — the Roman Catholic SEE DIOCESE • A16

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and participate in civic life.” and gospel. Emancipate yourselves A better solution, he in- Classes, like the yard’s from mental slavery; JAIL sisted, is to educate pris- dorms, are racially inte- None but ourselves can FROM B1 oners, provide them with grated, defusing tensions free our minds. away tools to make a living, to cre- that could erupt in violence. Coming out of prison is “Clang clang, go the jail ate, to express their hopes “When you live with each tough, Kramer said, as is the guitar doors ...” and triumphs, disappoint- other,” said Glenn Jefferson, self-emancipation Marley After sharing his back- ments and frustrations. 63, “you get to know each preached. Kramer recalled ground with his audience, With music, say. other as people.” beingbaffledbyhis first post- Kramer was approached by a “I love music,” said Jefferson is serving a 25- prison visit to a supermarket. prisoner. Joshua Nichols, 37, a native to-life term for unarmed “All those choices!” he “That Clash story,” said San Diegan and convicted bank robbery in 1979. During said. the prisoner. “Is that for murderer who has been in- his years in federal and state Kramer is now a success- real?” carcerated since 1999. “I’m correctional institutions, ful composer of music for TV “It’s for real,” Kramer not very musically inclined, he’s written poetry and a few and movies (HBO’s “East- said. but it piqued my interest . bound and Down,” “The Big For his cause, Kramer when I heard there would be “But I know two chords,” Short”). Still, he warned his borrowed ’s ti- guitar classes.” he said. “That’s it.” audience, bad days await ev- tle: “Jail Guitar Doors.” JOHN GIBBINS U-T His years in prison, Nich- He’s eager to expand his eryone, no matter what their performs for inmates at the Richard ols said, gave him a new goal: musical skills. “We’ll not only careers or living conditions. Concrete gulags Donovan Correctional Facility. “To try to inspire people to do be able to communicate with Then it’s important to re- Decades after his brief in- something positive.” people on the outside, but ach for something creative carceration, Kramer was That was nine years ago, actions,” he said. “But the Echo Yard is better equip- also soothe our own souls. instead of destructive. asked to join a group per- when he played Sing Sing. way we deal with that in this ped to meet that goal than “A lot of us,” he said, “lose With music, say. forming inside New York’s He’s been singing to pris- country is medieval. most prison yards. Besides a some of our humanity in “It might be the key that Sing Sing Prison. oners ever since. “We lock people up in sports program — basket- here.” unlocks your cell door,” “I didn’t know what to do Lean and sporting a these concrete gulags, some- ball, football, soccer — Kramer said. “It might be the except play,” he said. “But it three-day stubble, Kramer times for decades, in an at- there’s a fledgling music de- The key key that unlocks your prison always meant a lot to me doesn’t have all the answers mosphere of bitterness, rac- partment. The instruments, One of the songs Kramer door. It might be the key that when I was in prison when to crime and punishment. “I ism and violence — and then like the musicians here, are selected for his Donovan set unlocks your life.” people would come in and believe in the rule of law and we let them out and expect locked away, only brought was Bob Marley’s “Redemp- perform.” being accountable for your them to go out into the world out for classes in rap, rock tion Song.” [email protected] PASSION FOR BEER, BIKING DRIVE ROULEUR and joined a riding team. Brewery features Since moving here in 2015, he beers named after has continued to ride com- petitively with a new team. French cycling terms At Rouleur Brewing, Macias has covered virtually BY PAM KRAGEN every inch of the tasting room with archival bike race CARLSBAD and team photos, as well as a It would be a major wall-size mobile-style sculp- understatement to describe ture that he engineered from beer and cycling as simply bicycle gears and wheels. hobbies for Rawley Macias. The company’s beers are His children’s middle all named for the French cy- names are Stout and Porter cling terms for riding team and his new Carlsbad brew- positions. The Grimpeur (a ery, Rouleur Brewing Co., mountain sprinter) is a dark and all 12 of its beers are ale; the Sprinteur (sprinter) named after the riding posi- is a red ale; the Puncheur tions on a competitive bicy- (rolling terrain specialist) is cling team. a pale ale; the Domestique Macias, 34, is a rouleur (team leader) is a blonde ale; himself. It’s the French word and the Clydesdale (tall cy- for the team cyclist who has clists, like Macias) is an India all-around skill at sprinting, pale ale. distance, climbing and Macias will introduce his breaking the boundaries of first canned beers later this what’s expected. He hopes month. One is the Dopeur, a those skills translate both in hazy or “juicy” IPA named for road races and the competi- the pariahs of the sport, tive local beer industry. juiced-up cyclists snared in Last year, Macias walked doping scandals. The other is away from his 11-year career JOEY COBBS/MASI BIKES the Athena, a blackberry as a mechanical engineer in Rawley Macias, owner of Rouleur Brewing Co. in Carlsbad, discovered his passion for beer-making in 2005. blond ale named after the the defense industry to brew word for taller women cy- his own beer, a vocation he built his own pilot brewing courses to become a certified tive rules governing beer brewed with Belgian yeast. clists. discovered while attending vat system. He said his “engi- beer judge. He found a kin- styles pushed him to make “Some brewers make The public is invited to college 12 years ago at Cal neering brain” is well suited dred spirit in his wife, Alissa, the leap. crazy beers with tons of ex- the canned beer release Poly San Luis Obispo. to the methodical, trial-and- a nurse practitioner. Ten years ago, Macias be- travagant ingredients that event from noon to 10 p.m. He invested nearly error process associated “Our ideal vacation is go- gan judging beer contests are over the top,” he said. Sept. 23. The event will fea- $300,000 in opening Rouleur with brewing. ing to different places and and then, over time, began “I’m experimental in a way ture food trucks and a DJ. in a “brewery ignitor” space “It’s like a science. You visiting breweries, learning entering his own beers in that is still drinkable but not While Macias is happy designed for multiple brew- build a laboratory, take mea- their stories, taking tours competition. While judges al- out of balance. It’s very im- with the response he’s re- ing startups in the Carlsbad surements, run trials, record and buying swag. She’s as ways praised the taste of his portant to me to do it in a way ceived for his beers, he’s had Corporate Center at 5840 El the results, make changes passionate about it as I am,” unique beers, he consistently that’s subtle.” a hard time getting the word Camino Real in Carlsbad. and analyze the results. he said. got low marks because the When it came to naming out on his tasting room. It’s Since opening, Rouleur That’s what engineers do,” That’s evident in their rules for color, alcohol con- his brewery, he went with his tucked away in an office park has introduced 12 beers at its he said. “With winemaking, joint decision on the names tent and style are so strict passion No. 2, cycling. Five where no signage can be seen on-site tasting room, and his it’s up to the grapes and the of their two sons, 4-year-old that they don’t allow for any years ago while working for from the street. beer is also now served at 20 year and the soil, but with Nathan Porter and 9-month- experimentation. Lockheed, he was spending “We could use some help. area restaurants and bars. brewing, as long as your old Levi Stout. “I understand the impor- 14 hours a day in the office, There’s some truth to the He’ll unveil his first canned growers are making the Two years ago, they tance of style guidelines, but eating an unhealthy diet, fact that there’s a lot of com- beers at a public tasting same product, you can con- moved to San Diego, where they really only judge your avoiding exercising, and was petition in San Diego and party on Sept. 23. Down the trol the results and repeat Macias went to work on Gen- ability to create a beer that overweight. we’re off the beaten path,” he road, he hopes to open a sec- that beer.” eral Atomics’ Predator drone already exists,” he said. “I’m He bought himself a road said. “I see it as a challenge. ond tasting room in a more While he was in college, program. not trying to discredit that, bicycle, figuring he’d spend a To me, running a business is heavily trafficked spot along Macias got a job at a small Over the years, he had al- I’m just not interested in few hours a week burning off another form of engineering. Coast Highway. San Luis Obispo-area aero- ways planned to one day that.” some calories on the city’s You have problems and you Macias discovered his space firm that was later open his own brewery, but Macias said he likes to winding rural roads. Instead, try to solve it. Our goal right passion for beer-making in bought by Lockheed-Martin. the availability of micro- taste the yeast in his beer and it became an obsession. now is to just get the word 2005. He started with a sim- During his 10 years working brewery space in North he likes mixing international Within a couple of months, out.” ple over-the-counter home there, he continued making County and his longtime dis- styles, like a hybrid beer such he’d shed 45 pounds and got brewing kit and by 2011 had his own home brews and took satisfaction with the restric- as an American pale ale a better bike, a cycling coach [email protected]

geared toward specific inter- grams. ests. In Cougar University’s A UCLA study of the pro- FUNDING Farm to Table club, agricul- gram in 2012 also concluded FROM B1 ture and culinary art stu- that students in the program ers and Vicki Alger, members dents work together to grow had higher test scores, at- of the Trump transition team and prepare healthy food. tendance and graduation for the U.S. Department of Students in a fashion design rates, and physical fitness Education, in a June op-ed group learn about the fashion scores, as well as lower sus- column in the Los Angeles industry and compete in de- pension rates. Times. sign contests. In San Diego schools, the However, Edward Ve- Student musicians can district’s own analysis lasquez, interim San Diego polish their percussion in a showed that students who at- County superintendent of winter drum line. A graphic tend the after-school pro- schools,warnedinanop-edin design club teaches print grams have higher regular at- theSanDiegoUnion-Tribune shop techniques and stu- tendance and more class that discontinuing the grants dents in the video news pro- credits than those who don’t would leave many local kids gram produce campus participate, McDonnell said. at loose ends. broadcasts. With funding for 21st Cen- “If passed, this cut would Many of those, Bordman tury Community Learning leave 5,920 students in San said, apply ideas across aca- Centers on the chopping Diego County without the ex- demic disciplines. block, school officials say panded learning support “A lot of times our curricu- they’re exploring their op- they rely on every day,” he lumdoesn’tallowustoalways tions. said. “That’s 1 million oppor- go outside the box, especially “A lot of the sites have fig- tunities a school year, where in our core classes,” he said. ured out, at least for the aca- students could be learning in “So the idea that our math demic piece, how they would a safe environment, but in- and science students can JUD BORDMAN PHOTO continue offering tutoring, stead are unsupervised and team together and build a ro- Students prepare freshly grown and cooked food in a competition for Escondido college prep and college unprotected.” bot that can compete in com- High School’s Farm to Table club. tours, with their own school At Escondido High petitions, that’s critical for site funds,” McDonnell said. School, the program provides our kids to have.” sports, an environmental “One of the big things be- programs don’t actually de- “It will be tight. As far as the $250,000 per year for Cougar Through the various pro- club focused on recycling and hind this is what can we do af- livertheacademicandbehav- clubs, there will definitely be a University, a wide-ranging grams, he said, students waterway cleanup and a ter school to support the ioral benefits they promise. scaled-back version of them, suite of after-school options build confidence and social criminal justice program that regular school day,” she said, They cite reports released by and at some sites, they will go that range from the purely skills, and connect with class- introduces students to police adding that a recreational ac- the Department of Educa- away.” practical to creative pursuits. mates. work. San Pasqual High tivity such as cooking can in- tion between 2003 and 2005, In Vista Unified School Nearly 200 students show up “After-school programs School in Escondido offers corporate lessons in math, which found that students in District, which uses its grants eachday,andlastyear1,944of address the needs of the sports ranging from moun- science and nutrition. the program didn’t earn for programs ranging from the school’s 2,300 students whole child, including the all- tain biking to indoor soccer, Oceanside School District higher test scores or grades in mock trials to rugby to college participated at some point in important soft skills, such as and clubs such as robotics, receives $588,000 in 21st Cen- math, science, social studies, application support, officials these activities. critical thinking, communi- music, and welding and fabri- tury grants, for programs at and English relative to con- are already preparing for the “If they need extended cation, teamwork and cre- cation. Oceanside, El Camino and trol-group students, but did loss of funding, said Kyle Rug- help in math, we offer that,” ativity, which industry lead- San Diego Unified, which Ocean Shores high schools have more suspensions and gles, executive director of stu- said program coordinator ers tell us are crucial in the managesitsown21stCentury that involve coding and ce- disciplinary issues. dent support services for the Jud Bordman, noting that workplace,” Velasquez wrote funds, offers academic sup- ramics, fishing and photogra- Ten years later, however, district. most of the tutors are creden- in his op-ed. port including tutoring, cred- phy. An after-school debate the results appeared more “We’re looking at every tialed teachers. “For any sub- Each of the district’s com- it recovery classes and college team builds crucial speaking positive. A 2014 report by the funding opportunity there is, ject, we offer additional tutor- prehensive high schools re- tours, said Lisa McDonnell, skills, district spokeswoman American Institutes for Re- because we feel that these af- ing after school that is a much ceive $250,000 per year, while program supervisor for the Lisa Contreras said. search found that participa- ter-school programs benefit lower (student to teacher) ra- the district’s continuation grant program. It also pays “Speech and debate is nts in after-school programs our students a great deal dur- tio than in class. ... The pro- high school, Valley High for team sports, including off- something they can carry funded by 21st Century ing the critical hours of the gram helps us provide ex- School, receives $104,000 per season soccer and basketball, throughout their life … being grants did, in fact, have day,” Ruggles said. tended core instruction for year. and activities such as art, able to do presentations in higher grade-point averages our kids.” At Escondido’s Orange dance, music, cooking, cyber- jobs and make arguments,” and fewer unexcused ab- deborah.brennan Kids can also choose from Glen High School, the pro- security, computer gaming she said. sences than students who did @sduniontribune.com a menu of other activities gram offers a study zone, and animé. Critics, however, say the not take part in the pro- Twitter: @deborahsbrennan