Since its founding days in 1964, UCSD has made monumental strides and is now the largest civilian employer in San Diego County and one of the top 20 universities in the world.
Before becoming immigration headquarters, the building housed the now-defunct Gulf American Land Corp., known for selling Florida swampland to northerners.
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