Bert Johnson is a multimedia journalist and KQED contributor. His work has also been published in the Sacramento News & Review and he was previously the Multimedia Editor at the East Bay Express. He covers social movements, the justice system and extremism. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @bertjohnsonfoto Instagram: @bertjohnsonfoto
By Bert Johnson
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"content": "\u003cp>The San Francisco SPCA is helping with relief efforts in response to the deadly wildfires that have swept across Northern California, taking in more than 30 adoptable animals from North Bay shelters to make room for animals rescued from the wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 34 animals (17 cats and 17 dogs) the shelter has taken in, nearly half have been adopted or are pending adoption. Ten aren’t yet available for adoption, but one dog and eight cats are, said S.F. SPCA spokeswoman Krista Maloney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By transferring them to San Francisco, we’re helping to make room in North Bay shelters for displaced pets and animals rescued from the fires,” Maloney told KQED in an email. “We’re also freeing up staff time, so the employees and volunteers can focus on helping the new arrivals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/how-to-help-animals-affected-by-northern-california-wildfires/\">many efforts\u003c/a> by Bay Area animal shelters, pet stores and animal lovers to support pets and farm animals that have been displaced by the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11624357\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11624357 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-160x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Denali2.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denali was brought to the S.F. SPCA to make room for animals that have been rescued from the wildfires in the North Bay. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF SPCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shelter also has been providing supplies such as towels, crates, pet food and veterinary supplies, as well as financial support to shelters that are taking on rescued animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animals that the S.F. SPCA has taken in were already in shelters when the fires broke out. Now that the animals are in San Francisco, they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/adoptions\">available for adoption\u003c/a> at both SPCA locations (one is in the Mission District, and the other is in Pacific Heights). Most of the cats and dogs have been adopted, but there are a few still available, such as Denali the cat and Franny the dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the San Francisco shelter continues to offer support to shelters in affected areas by \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SFSPCA/photos/a.80242216906.77887.74792741906/10155909601061907/?type=3&theater\">soliciting donations, volunteers and foster homes\u003c/a> to house animals that have been rescued. But according to Maloney, the outpouring of support for North Bay shelters has been so great that they currently don’t need any more supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shelters we’re working with in North Bay are now fully stocked and are no longer accepting in-kind donations,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11624369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 420px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11624369 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney.jpg 420w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miney is among the evacuated animals available for adoption at the S.F. SPCA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF SPCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this point, Maloney said monetary donations to the S.F. SPCA are the best way that people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently, our \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/give-917\">Disaster Fund\u003c/a> is being used to purchase specialty medical supplies and care for the animals we’ve transferred from North Bay,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animals that the S.F. SPCA has taken in were already in shelters when the fires broke out. Now that the animals are in San Francisco, they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/adoptions\">available for adoption\u003c/a> at both SPCA locations (one is in the Mission District, and the other is in Pacific Heights). Most of the cats and dogs have been adopted, but there are a few still available, such as Denali the cat and Franny the dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the San Francisco shelter continues to offer support to shelters in affected areas by \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SFSPCA/photos/a.80242216906.77887.74792741906/10155909601061907/?type=3&theater\">soliciting donations, volunteers and foster homes\u003c/a> to house animals that have been rescued. But according to Maloney, the outpouring of support for North Bay shelters has been so great that they currently don’t need any more supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shelters we’re working with in North Bay are now fully stocked and are no longer accepting in-kind donations,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11624369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 420px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11624369 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney.jpg 420w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Miney-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miney is among the evacuated animals available for adoption at the S.F. SPCA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF SPCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this point, Maloney said monetary donations to the S.F. SPCA are the best way that people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently, our \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/give-917\">Disaster Fund\u003c/a> is being used to purchase specialty medical supplies and care for the animals we’ve transferred from North Bay,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of a series called \"Faces of the Vietnam War.\" KQED recently asked our audience to submit their stories about the Vietnam War. We heard from refugees, military veterans, journalists, activists and more. This story is about San Francisco resident John Dubpernell, 67, who served in the U.S. Army during the war.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anniversaries can be important for veterans. “For me, it’s March 5,” said veteran John Dubpernell. On that date in 1971, he was a door gunner serving in Vietnam with the 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, which was providing air support for the South Vietnamese army during an operation called Lam Son 719. “Vietnam’s version of D-Day” is what he calls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. military deployed many helicopters during the massive campaign, including Dubpernell’s Huey. One day, while his aircraft was returning from a dangerous mission, a mayday call came over the radio. Dubpernell, who was sitting in the left doorway, looked out over the far side of the gunship and said he saw another helicopter going down in flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now on high alert, his helicopter began taking fire. “I don’t know whether I hear or feel the aircraft taking hits,” he recalled. “So I immediately started firing below.” After they got clear of the area, Dubpernell said he noticed that his seat, which had been modified to include an armor plate by a previous crew member, had stopped an AK-47 bullet. “That saved my life,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619601\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1020x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1920x1260.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1180x775.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-960x630.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-240x158.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-520x341.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bullet holes in John Dubpernell's helicopter after a firefight on March 5, 1971 \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Dubpernell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lam Son 719 was one of the bloodiest battles in the war, and Army helicopter crews \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/uncovering-the-story-of-one-of-the-vietnam-wars-bloodiest-battles-2015-1\">suffered heavy losses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, Dubpernell avoided the anniversary of the day when he was nearly killed. “When I came home in December of 1971, I put a weld around the door that was that part of my life,” he told KQED. It was only much later, in the late '90s, that he would revisit his time in Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell had been drafted into the Army in June 1970 and served on UH-1 Huey gunships, which he calls “the Jeep of the sky.” He was stationed in Da Nang, a city on Vietnam's central coast, and quickly rose through the enlisted ranks to become a crew chief -- a job that made him responsible for the whole helicopter, including its maintenance, fueling and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To this day, Dubpernell still holds the fellowship of being on a combat flight crew in high esteem. “There's that unspoken aspect of camaraderie,” he said. “In civilian life, you'll never experience it.” But his combat experience left him traumatized and disenchanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The urge to put Vietnam behind him began soon after Dubpernell returned home. Revelations about the government’s dishonest handling of the war only deepened his desire to forget his experiences, he said. “I read Daniel Ellsberg's 'Pentagon Papers' and that's when it really cemented my feelings about Vietnam -- really putting a weld around the door and wanting to forget the whole thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I just had this compelling desire to go back to Vietnam. And in my heart, I wanted to correct all of the wrongs that were done.'\u003ccite>John Dubpernell\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When he was 41, Dubpernell got laid off from his job as a production coordinator for a San Francisco-based printer and began searching for meaning in life. He ended up reading \"When Heaven and Earth Changed Places,\" a memoir by Vietnamese-American author Le Ly Hayslip about her experience of the war as a child. In it, he learned that Hayslip had founded a nonprofit called East Meets West, which provides support for a government-run orphanage in Da Nang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell decided to visit the orphanage, called Village of Hope, in December 1998. “I just had this compelling desire to go back to Vietnam. And in my heart, I wanted to correct all of the wrongs that were done,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Dubpernell was visiting the East Meets West offices in Da Nang, the staff told him they were planning to celebrate Christmas with the kids in the orphanage and invited him along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're even going to have a Santa Claus,” he remembers them saying. Back at his hotel, Dubpernell thought about the celebration and came to a decision: “I'm saying to myself: I want to be that Santa Claus. I've got the moustache.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Dubpernell shows photos from his visits to Village of Hope, an orphanage in Da Nang, Vietnam. He has gone back three times to play Santa Claus and distribute gifts to the children who live there. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The staff agreed and Dubpernell, dressed as St. Nicholas, shared dinner and gifts with the children at Village of Hope. The experience was so gratifying that he went back. “I have done three trips, each time going back in December and playing Santa Claus in Da Nang,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following that first visit, Dubpernell started experiencing severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the decades following his deployment, he'd struggled with anger issues, but his return to Da Nang set off a new series of reactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a basket case in terms of crying,” he told KQED. “I was drinking heavily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some friends, fellow combat veterans, grew concerned when they recognized his symptoms and urged him to seek help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell followed their advice and enrolled in a mental health program at the VA’s San Francisco medical center in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once he was diagnosed with PTSD, Dubpernell committed himself to treatment and still attends group therapy three times a week. “All those years I invested in my PTSD therapies, it pays off,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619611\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1020x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1180x766.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-520x338.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit.jpg 1819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Dubpernell photographed early in his deployment to Vietnam. \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Dubpernell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trauma Dubpernell experienced has affected his life in other ways, too. “Like other people dealing with PTSD, relationships are a real challenge,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell, who came out as gay shortly after he left the military, described a fraught romantic life. “I think the longest relationship I ever had was two months, so it was very difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his deployment, he remembers he had to be on guard for fear of revealing his identity as a gay man. But in the years since, Dubpernell said that other Vietnam veterans have been accepting of his sexual orientation. “It was a non-issue, as long as you did your job,” he said. “And I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although his return trips offered Dubpernell a chance to make amends and connect with a new generation of Vietnamese children, they were bittersweet. During his visits to Da Nang, Dubpernell said, he repressed the feelings that came back to him until he got home, just like he had during the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Vietnam, you had a job to do and you couldn't allow your emotions to get in the way,” he said. “When I was doing my Santa thing I couldn't allow my emotions to get in the way, because I had a job to do: playing Santa Claus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Peter Arcuni contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of a series called \"Faces of the Vietnam War.\" KQED recently asked our audience to submit their stories about the Vietnam War. We heard from refugees, military veterans, journalists, activists and more. This story is about San Francisco resident John Dubpernell, 67, who served in the U.S. Army during the war.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anniversaries can be important for veterans. “For me, it’s March 5,” said veteran John Dubpernell. On that date in 1971, he was a door gunner serving in Vietnam with the 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, which was providing air support for the South Vietnamese army during an operation called Lam Son 719. “Vietnam’s version of D-Day” is what he calls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. military deployed many helicopters during the massive campaign, including Dubpernell’s Huey. One day, while his aircraft was returning from a dangerous mission, a mayday call came over the radio. Dubpernell, who was sitting in the left doorway, looked out over the far side of the gunship and said he saw another helicopter going down in flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now on high alert, his helicopter began taking fire. “I don’t know whether I hear or feel the aircraft taking hits,” he recalled. “So I immediately started firing below.” After they got clear of the area, Dubpernell said he noticed that his seat, which had been modified to include an armor plate by a previous crew member, had stopped an AK-47 bullet. “That saved my life,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619601\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1020x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1920x1260.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-1180x775.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-960x630.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-240x158.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/00186_p_11afcgqrw30067_z-520x341.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bullet holes in John Dubpernell's helicopter after a firefight on March 5, 1971 \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Dubpernell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lam Son 719 was one of the bloodiest battles in the war, and Army helicopter crews \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/uncovering-the-story-of-one-of-the-vietnam-wars-bloodiest-battles-2015-1\">suffered heavy losses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, Dubpernell avoided the anniversary of the day when he was nearly killed. “When I came home in December of 1971, I put a weld around the door that was that part of my life,” he told KQED. It was only much later, in the late '90s, that he would revisit his time in Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell had been drafted into the Army in June 1970 and served on UH-1 Huey gunships, which he calls “the Jeep of the sky.” He was stationed in Da Nang, a city on Vietnam's central coast, and quickly rose through the enlisted ranks to become a crew chief -- a job that made him responsible for the whole helicopter, including its maintenance, fueling and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To this day, Dubpernell still holds the fellowship of being on a combat flight crew in high esteem. “There's that unspoken aspect of camaraderie,” he said. “In civilian life, you'll never experience it.” But his combat experience left him traumatized and disenchanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The urge to put Vietnam behind him began soon after Dubpernell returned home. Revelations about the government’s dishonest handling of the war only deepened his desire to forget his experiences, he said. “I read Daniel Ellsberg's 'Pentagon Papers' and that's when it really cemented my feelings about Vietnam -- really putting a weld around the door and wanting to forget the whole thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I just had this compelling desire to go back to Vietnam. And in my heart, I wanted to correct all of the wrongs that were done.'\u003ccite>John Dubpernell\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When he was 41, Dubpernell got laid off from his job as a production coordinator for a San Francisco-based printer and began searching for meaning in life. He ended up reading \"When Heaven and Earth Changed Places,\" a memoir by Vietnamese-American author Le Ly Hayslip about her experience of the war as a child. In it, he learned that Hayslip had founded a nonprofit called East Meets West, which provides support for a government-run orphanage in Da Nang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell decided to visit the orphanage, called Village of Hope, in December 1998. “I just had this compelling desire to go back to Vietnam. And in my heart, I wanted to correct all of the wrongs that were done,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Dubpernell was visiting the East Meets West offices in Da Nang, the staff told him they were planning to celebrate Christmas with the kids in the orphanage and invited him along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're even going to have a Santa Claus,” he remembers them saying. Back at his hotel, Dubpernell thought about the celebration and came to a decision: “I'm saying to myself: I want to be that Santa Claus. I've got the moustache.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS26580_20170912_VietnamStories_JohnDubpernell_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Dubpernell shows photos from his visits to Village of Hope, an orphanage in Da Nang, Vietnam. He has gone back three times to play Santa Claus and distribute gifts to the children who live there. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The staff agreed and Dubpernell, dressed as St. Nicholas, shared dinner and gifts with the children at Village of Hope. The experience was so gratifying that he went back. “I have done three trips, each time going back in December and playing Santa Claus in Da Nang,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following that first visit, Dubpernell started experiencing severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the decades following his deployment, he'd struggled with anger issues, but his return to Da Nang set off a new series of reactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a basket case in terms of crying,” he told KQED. “I was drinking heavily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some friends, fellow combat veterans, grew concerned when they recognized his symptoms and urged him to seek help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell followed their advice and enrolled in a mental health program at the VA’s San Francisco medical center in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once he was diagnosed with PTSD, Dubpernell committed himself to treatment and still attends group therapy three times a week. “All those years I invested in my PTSD therapies, it pays off,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11619611\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11619611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1020x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-1180x766.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit-520x338.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Dubpernell-edit.jpg 1819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Dubpernell photographed early in his deployment to Vietnam. \u003ccite>(Courtesy John Dubpernell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trauma Dubpernell experienced has affected his life in other ways, too. “Like other people dealing with PTSD, relationships are a real challenge,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubpernell, who came out as gay shortly after he left the military, described a fraught romantic life. “I think the longest relationship I ever had was two months, so it was very difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his deployment, he remembers he had to be on guard for fear of revealing his identity as a gay man. But in the years since, Dubpernell said that other Vietnam veterans have been accepting of his sexual orientation. “It was a non-issue, as long as you did your job,” he said. “And I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although his return trips offered Dubpernell a chance to make amends and connect with a new generation of Vietnamese children, they were bittersweet. During his visits to Da Nang, Dubpernell said, he repressed the feelings that came back to him until he got home, just like he had during the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Vietnam, you had a job to do and you couldn't allow your emotions to get in the way,” he said. “When I was doing my Santa thing I couldn't allow my emotions to get in the way, because I had a job to do: playing Santa Claus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When President Trump told the national press that the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville included “some very fine people,” white supremacist leader Richard Spencer was feeling proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m proud of [Trump] for speaking the truth,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/897576779724066819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer tweeted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/897576779724066819\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of Trump’s importance is for what he has said, but also for what he has not said. Trump has not publicly condemned “alt-right” and “identitarian” groups like California-based Identity Evropa. In addition, Trump publicly disparaged the “alt-left,” a common term among right-wing news outlets, but a term that was not in popular nomenclature until the president used it to describe counterprotesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That term helped reinforce a false narrative that counterprotesters were being violent toward white supremacists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also mirrored what Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damigo told KQED, when he falsely stated that in Charlottesville “the overwhelming majority of violence that occurred was being done towards rallygoers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"eZEpU8RZHyAVHu2LwxWjJUGgLfNDFY8m\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right?” Trump asked. “Do they have any semblance of guilt?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Militant leftists -- most noticeably those who adopt \"black bloc\" tactics of dressing alike and wearing masks -- have engaged in violence at rallies, too, giving their opponents on the extreme right ammunition in the raging war of words that parallels their physical confrontations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the term \"alt-left\" is inaccurate, since the alt-right name was adopted by white supremacists to disguise their movement's connections to older hate groups and ideologies, a strategy that has no analogue on the left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s apparently off-the-cuff remarks are just the latest to give energy to a movement of fringe racists who want to create a white separatist homeland, according to experts who spoke to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Levin, a criminal justice professor at Cal State University San Bernardino, has tracked political extremism for more than two decades. His research showed that what was once a “ragtag group” of small extremists has turned into a vocal, organized political force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have coalesced into a real movement, in part because there is a charismatic leader in President Trump,” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles-based former white supremacist Tim Zaal agreed that Trump’s presidency has “opened the door for hate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no doubt,” Zaal said. “It’s just sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as concerning to Zaal is the Trump administration’s decision to stop paying for grants to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc29.com/story/36151301/warner-kaine-call-on-jeff-sessions-to-to-start-task-force-against-hate-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monitor white supremacist groups\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigate hate crimes\u003c/a> and offer help to people trying to leave racist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, he said, ‘Oh, we’re not going to fund you anymore,’ ” said Zaal, who now works as a counselor for people looking to leave hate groups. “It’s just ridiculous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s one in a long line of actions and decisions made by Trump that have been celebrated by white supremacists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Donald Trump, Darling of White Nationalists\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>White supremacists \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were drawn to Trump\u003c/a> even before he was a candidate for office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As early as 2012, Trump repeatedly falsely claimed that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Before Trump started saying it publicly, that false claim was often repeated\u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> in writings and literature\u003c/a> by Spencer’s organization, the National Policy Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White nationalists heralded Trump’s first speech as he campaigned for president, after he said a “great, great wall on the southern border” was needed to keep out Mexicans who were “rapists” and “criminals.” The border wall -- and the sentiment behind it -- has long been a talking point for white supremacists \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and others on the far right\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We are seeing the mainstreaming of extremism.'\u003ccite>Brian Levin, CSU San Bernardino\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then there was the time on national television when Trump was asked about the endorsement of longtime white nationalist leader David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/?utm_term=.6bcc056d360a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump said at the time\u003c/a>, in a manner that would be criticized by mainstream pundits but celebrated by white nationalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a candidate, Trump would be endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Both groups would go on to \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/305912-kkk-american-nazi-party-praise-trumps-hiring-of-bannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praise the hiring of Steve Bannon\u003c/a>, the onetime Breitbart News publisher, as White House adviser. Then came the “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/29/attorneys-poised-at-bay-area-airports-for-new-trump-travel-ban/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muslim ban\u003c/a>\" and the appointment of one of its chief architects, Stephen Miller, as an adviser. And there was the \u003ca href=\"http://time.com/4652863/white-house-statement-holocaust-remembrance-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purposeful failure to recognize Jews\u003c/a> killed during the Holocaust and \u003ca href=\"http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/trump-poland-visit-nationalists-240266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a trip to Poland widely praised\u003c/a> by white nationalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In total, Levin said the message to white nationalists is: “You have a friend in the White House.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if he’s not a ‘white nationalist’ himself, white nationalists see their message retransmitted in people like Bannon, [Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian] Gorka, and Stephen Miller,” Levin said. “Even if they personally can’t get access, their harmful messages are both making their way to the president and coming from the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing the mainstreaming of extremism,” Levin added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump's Comments, and Conspiracies in Defense of Suspect in Charlottesville Killing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump’s comments about needing time to understand “the facts” in the Charlottesville killing have abetted white nationalist propaganda, as it suggests there could be other motives or explanations for the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though there is video that shows a car driving straight into a crowd of people in Charlottesville, white nationalists like Damigo have circulated smaller video clips to construct false counternarratives -- in this instance, that the driver \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LucidHurricaneX/status/896834155169947648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was trying to escape an angry mob\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of [Monday, Aug. 14], more pictures and video came out that really make what happened kind of too ambiguous to really make a judgment call,” Damigo told KQED when asked about the driver’s culpability in running over the protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"KX8S2Z2nARvZMAt1CXPa0BXWL1iRtqMR\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That idea that it was too soon to rush to judgment was a common narrative of extreme right-wing websites immediately after video of the car surfaced. Other hard-right conspiracy theorists, like Mike Cernovich of Orange County, have also suggested that other people -- all of whom are Trump’s political enemies -- are to blame for the killing of Heather Heyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Clear now that Virginia Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also mirrored what Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damigo told KQED, when he falsely stated that in Charlottesville “the overwhelming majority of violence that occurred was being done towards rallygoers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right?” Trump asked. “Do they have any semblance of guilt?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Militant leftists -- most noticeably those who adopt \"black bloc\" tactics of dressing alike and wearing masks -- have engaged in violence at rallies, too, giving their opponents on the extreme right ammunition in the raging war of words that parallels their physical confrontations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the term \"alt-left\" is inaccurate, since the alt-right name was adopted by white supremacists to disguise their movement's connections to older hate groups and ideologies, a strategy that has no analogue on the left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s apparently off-the-cuff remarks are just the latest to give energy to a movement of fringe racists who want to create a white separatist homeland, according to experts who spoke to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Levin, a criminal justice professor at Cal State University San Bernardino, has tracked political extremism for more than two decades. His research showed that what was once a “ragtag group” of small extremists has turned into a vocal, organized political force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have coalesced into a real movement, in part because there is a charismatic leader in President Trump,” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles-based former white supremacist Tim Zaal agreed that Trump’s presidency has “opened the door for hate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no doubt,” Zaal said. “It’s just sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as concerning to Zaal is the Trump administration’s decision to stop paying for grants to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc29.com/story/36151301/warner-kaine-call-on-jeff-sessions-to-to-start-task-force-against-hate-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monitor white supremacist groups\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigate hate crimes\u003c/a> and offer help to people trying to leave racist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, he said, ‘Oh, we’re not going to fund you anymore,’ ” said Zaal, who now works as a counselor for people looking to leave hate groups. “It’s just ridiculous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s one in a long line of actions and decisions made by Trump that have been celebrated by white supremacists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Donald Trump, Darling of White Nationalists\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>White supremacists \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were drawn to Trump\u003c/a> even before he was a candidate for office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As early as 2012, Trump repeatedly falsely claimed that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Before Trump started saying it publicly, that false claim was often repeated\u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> in writings and literature\u003c/a> by Spencer’s organization, the National Policy Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White nationalists heralded Trump’s first speech as he campaigned for president, after he said a “great, great wall on the southern border” was needed to keep out Mexicans who were “rapists” and “criminals.” The border wall -- and the sentiment behind it -- has long been a talking point for white supremacists \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and others on the far right\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We are seeing the mainstreaming of extremism.'\u003ccite>Brian Levin, CSU San Bernardino\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then there was the time on national television when Trump was asked about the endorsement of longtime white nationalist leader David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/?utm_term=.6bcc056d360a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump said at the time\u003c/a>, in a manner that would be criticized by mainstream pundits but celebrated by white nationalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a candidate, Trump would be endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Both groups would go on to \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/305912-kkk-american-nazi-party-praise-trumps-hiring-of-bannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praise the hiring of Steve Bannon\u003c/a>, the onetime Breitbart News publisher, as White House adviser. Then came the “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/29/attorneys-poised-at-bay-area-airports-for-new-trump-travel-ban/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muslim ban\u003c/a>\" and the appointment of one of its chief architects, Stephen Miller, as an adviser. 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"content": "\u003cp>In Charlottesville, Virginia, police stood by as white supremacists fought counterprotesters and onlookers this past weekend, according to video footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar scenes played out earlier this year in Berkeley, San Bernardino and Portland, with police at times refusing to intervene to stop right-wing activists and white nationalists from openly fighting with extreme leftist activists and other counterprotesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police, militia groups and white nationalists aren’t unknown to each other. Before the rallies even begin, they’ve already been in contact. Police departments, for example, speak with the militia groups that protect white nationalists and other hard-right speakers at assemblies ahead of the events.\u003cbr>\n[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/WhiteSup3way.mp3\" image=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2017/08/17/RS13639460085990qut.jpg\" title=\"Do Police Allow Safe Spaces for White Nationalist Violence?\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These interactions between the police and such groups are an example of the line police have to walk at these events: balancing public safety with the right to free speech. But they have also raised questions about how much coordination goes on between the authorities and participants, some of whom may engage in violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the Berkeley Police Department consulted with militia members who attended a pro-Trump rally on April 15 before and during the riot between white nationalists and members of antifa, the loose-knit, far-left-leaning militant groups that resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at protests and other events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A member of the Oath Keepers — a group of ex-military and police officers who often show up legally armed, they claim, to protect speakers at right-wing events — told KQED that they spoke extensively with a lieutenant in the Berkeley Police Department about the group’s logistics and planning of the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clyde Massengale of the California State Militia, who worked alongside the Oath Keepers in Berkeley, said both groups had coordinated with the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Police Department Sgt. Andrew Frankel confirmed the department was in contact with the Oath Keepers during the rioting, as well as with “people from a number of different organizations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frankel wouldn’t elaborate about the nature of the conversations, but Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin defended the police outreach. He noted it’s common for police to coordinate with event leaders, regardless of politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As with any event, our police reach out to people who are identified as organizers,” Arreguin said. “Often times, most groups do cooperate with the police department and events go smoothly. These groups had no intention to cooperate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paramilitary protesters often dress like armed officers and many of them are veterans of the military, so the line between cooperation and coordination can seem to blur. For example, in Portland, \u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-police-chief-citizen-assisted-arrests/\">right-wing militia members aided U.S. Homeland Security officers\u003c/a> in arresting leftist protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Charlottesville, the white supremacists who helped organize the march said they were in constant contact with police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had been coordinating with police for two months, including the day of,” Eli Mosley of the California-based white nationalist group Identity Evropa told KQED. “They had my phone number and I had theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11612257 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley police officer watches as a large and sometimes violent crowd protests against the scheduled appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos on campus on Feb. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These interactions come just as the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\">halts federal funds for\u003c/a> investigating far-right organizations. Some of that money was previously used by local police departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Violence and White Nationalist Recruitment \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state law enforcement officers watched the violence unfold in Charlottesville from behind barricades, white nationalists were filming the fights to be used in later propaganda efforts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/police-stood-by-as-mayhem-mounted-in-charlottesville\">according to ProPublica\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to white nationalist leaders who spoke to KQED, such riots and street fights help recruit new followers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Political violence has returned,” white nationalist leader Richard Spencer told KQED. “I think it probably has ultimately helped us. If someone is caught in a melee, well look … all rules are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminal justice experts say police have little choice but to let these fights happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes intervention by police will result in everyone attacking the police,” said CSU San Bernardino professor Brian Levin. “If there’s one thing that can unify rival protesters, it’s the presence of the police. They’re making a tactical judgment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levin has studied violence on the extremes for more than two decades. He said these so-called free speech rallies have “really become roving street fights” that are growing in size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the last couple years, we’ve seen mega-rallies,” Levin said. “The number of people has gone up exponentially. There have been 24 violent political rallies in California since December 2015. We’re going to see more of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for police consulting with right-wing militias and white supremacists, Levin said, “the optics are horrible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But they’re not as horrible as someone getting shot to death,” he continued. “Sometimes, all you have is a bunch of lousy options. What police will generally try to do is keep thoroughfares and roads open, and do the best they can to protect the general public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, white nationalists like Identity Evropa’s Nathan Damigo use the space that is void of police to fight — for the moment, and for future recruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo told KQED that even the video from Charlottesville showing a driver running over a crowd of counterprotesters — in which a woman was killed and many others injured — will help his cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time there is a major incident like this, people will look to the media,” Damigo said. “And then a handful of them will go online and see what they weren’t being told by the media. And they’ll say, ‘Wait a minute, why is the media trying to manipulate my perception on this?’ And they realize they’re being lied to.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He noted it’s common for police to coordinate with event leaders, regardless of politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As with any event, our police reach out to people who are identified as organizers,” Arreguin said. “Often times, most groups do cooperate with the police department and events go smoothly. These groups had no intention to cooperate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paramilitary protesters often dress like armed officers and many of them are veterans of the military, so the line between cooperation and coordination can seem to blur. For example, in Portland, \u003ca href=\"http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-police-chief-citizen-assisted-arrests/\">right-wing militia members aided U.S. Homeland Security officers\u003c/a> in arresting leftist protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Charlottesville, the white supremacists who helped organize the march said they were in constant contact with police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had been coordinating with police for two months, including the day of,” Eli Mosley of the California-based white nationalist group Identity Evropa told KQED. “They had my phone number and I had theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11612257 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26231_20170815_PoliceExport_Credit_BertJohnson-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC Berkeley police officer watches as a large and sometimes violent crowd protests against the scheduled appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos on campus on Feb. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These interactions come just as the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/346552-trump-cut-funds-to-fight-anti-right-wing-violence\">halts federal funds for\u003c/a> investigating far-right organizations. Some of that money was previously used by local police departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Violence and White Nationalist Recruitment \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state law enforcement officers watched the violence unfold in Charlottesville from behind barricades, white nationalists were filming the fights to be used in later propaganda efforts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/police-stood-by-as-mayhem-mounted-in-charlottesville\">according to ProPublica\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to white nationalist leaders who spoke to KQED, such riots and street fights help recruit new followers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Political violence has returned,” white nationalist leader Richard Spencer told KQED. “I think it probably has ultimately helped us. 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"content": "\u003cp>Nathan Damigo, leader of the California-based white nationalist organization Identity Evropa, says that the violent 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend that left three dead might turn out to be an opportunity to connect with more recruits for his organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there's going to be a lot of people who are going to, for the first time, realize that they're not getting the full story,” he told KQED in an interview on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"MyWx89HFaV4XaoOfjjEJAxc6dMYSTfls\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/14/californian-who-helped-organize-charlottesville-protests-used-berkeley-as-a-test-run/\">who KQED profiled in the wake of his involvement in the Charlottesville protest\u003c/a>, was a scheduled speaker and helped organize the event. He served a four-year prison sentence for robbing a cab driver at gunpoint in 2007, then gained online fame when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8GVtXfATtI\" target=\"_blank\">caught on video\u003c/a> punching a female counter-protester in the face during a violent rally in Berkeley earlier this year. After police intervened during street fights between white supremacist attendees and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, he was arrested for failing to disperse and then was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking on the phone, he compared the event and its fallout to contentious marches during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. “I think there will be some people that, as a result of that process, will come over to us,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He alleges that mainstream accounts of Saturday's events don't reflect the full story and that when people hear the version of events promoted by himself, his friend and ally Richard Spencer, and other white supremacist figures, it will lead them to question wider society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These same people are still dealing with the harsh realities, in which there is this anti-white culture,” he asserted, accusing the government of pursuing policies that aim to replace white people in the workplace and society at large through nonwhite immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/08/170814Damigo.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" Title=\"California White Supremacist Says Charlottesville May Boost Recruitment\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clashes on Saturday between white supremacists attending the event and anti-racist activists culminated in an attack during which James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/13/ohio-man-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-car-attack-on-anti-white-nationalist-march/\" target=\"_blank\">rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters\u003c/a>, killing one and injuring 19. Damigo called the death “tragic,” but questioned the narrative that has been widely circulated by news media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of last night, more pictures and video came out that really make what happened kind of too ambiguous to really make a judgment call,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Twitter feed, Damigo also reposted a short video clip purporting to offer another angle on the collision between the silver Dodge Challenger and crowd members, which he and other right-wing figures claim proves the car was set upon by people with sticks and other objects before it rammed into the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the clip shows the front of the car as it quickly backs away, revealing that the bumper had already been nearly destroyed and the windshield had already been cracked -- in essence, this is a view of the aftermath to the attack, being paraded as the lead-up to the incident itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo was also sharply critical of the police response, accusing the authorities of allowing both sides to fight with each other, in hopes of allowing violence to occur, which they could then disavow. “They were just looking for an excuse, for violence to occur, in which they could shut down the event,” he alleged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.pscp.tv/w/1eaKbmLOWdqxX\">an earlier press conference with Richard Spencer\u003c/a>, who was also a speaker at the event, Damigo claimed that police pushed him and members of his group back through a hostile crowd of counter-protesters, causing further confrontations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an earlier conversation with KQED, however, Damigo admitted that he and his group actively seek controversy in order to keep themselves in the public eye. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, Damigo said he plans to return to Charlottesville for another rally, and also reiterated his plans to bring Spencer to Berkeley for a future public event.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Nathan Damigo, leader of the California-based white nationalist organization Identity Evropa, says that the violent 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend that left three dead might turn out to be an opportunity to connect with more recruits for his organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there's going to be a lot of people who are going to, for the first time, realize that they're not getting the full story,” he told KQED in an interview on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/14/californian-who-helped-organize-charlottesville-protests-used-berkeley-as-a-test-run/\">who KQED profiled in the wake of his involvement in the Charlottesville protest\u003c/a>, was a scheduled speaker and helped organize the event. He served a four-year prison sentence for robbing a cab driver at gunpoint in 2007, then gained online fame when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8GVtXfATtI\" target=\"_blank\">caught on video\u003c/a> punching a female counter-protester in the face during a violent rally in Berkeley earlier this year. After police intervened during street fights between white supremacist attendees and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, he was arrested for failing to disperse and then was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking on the phone, he compared the event and its fallout to contentious marches during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. “I think there will be some people that, as a result of that process, will come over to us,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clashes on Saturday between white supremacists attending the event and anti-racist activists culminated in an attack during which James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/13/ohio-man-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-car-attack-on-anti-white-nationalist-march/\" target=\"_blank\">rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters\u003c/a>, killing one and injuring 19. Damigo called the death “tragic,” but questioned the narrative that has been widely circulated by news media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of last night, more pictures and video came out that really make what happened kind of too ambiguous to really make a judgment call,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Twitter feed, Damigo also reposted a short video clip purporting to offer another angle on the collision between the silver Dodge Challenger and crowd members, which he and other right-wing figures claim proves the car was set upon by people with sticks and other objects before it rammed into the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the clip shows the front of the car as it quickly backs away, revealing that the bumper had already been nearly destroyed and the windshield had already been cracked -- in essence, this is a view of the aftermath to the attack, being paraded as the lead-up to the incident itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo was also sharply critical of the police response, accusing the authorities of allowing both sides to fight with each other, in hopes of allowing violence to occur, which they could then disavow. “They were just looking for an excuse, for violence to occur, in which they could shut down the event,” he alleged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.pscp.tv/w/1eaKbmLOWdqxX\">an earlier press conference with Richard Spencer\u003c/a>, who was also a speaker at the event, Damigo claimed that police pushed him and members of his group back through a hostile crowd of counter-protesters, causing further confrontations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an earlier conversation with KQED, however, Damigo admitted that he and his group actively seek controversy in order to keep themselves in the public eye. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, Damigo said he plans to return to Charlottesville for another rally, and also reiterated his plans to bring Spencer to Berkeley for a future public event.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore white nationalists \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/12/1-dead-after-car-plows-into-crowd-at-white-nationalist-protest-in-virginia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protested in Charlottesville\u003c/a> over the weekend, before a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/13/ohio-man-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-car-attack-on-anti-white-nationalist-march/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man allegedly plowed a car\u003c/a> into a group of people killing one and injuring at least 19, violent clashes in Berkeley offered a window into the motives and tactics of Identity Evropa, one of the white supremacist groups intimately involved in both protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For leaders of this white nationalist movement, the April 15 “Battle of Berkeley” was a self-described test run to see just how far they could push the bounds of protesting, according to numerous \u003ca href=\"https://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2017/04/25/the-battle-of-berkeley-when-patriots-beat-the-antiamerican-left-n2317702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public statements\u003c/a> from members of the white supremacist movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nathan Damigo is a founder of the California-based Identity Evropa, \u003ca href=\"http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/alternate-reality-growing-acceptance-of-white-nationalism-in-trumps-america/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">profiled by El Tecolote newspaper\u003c/a> in December. A former Marine infantryman and convicted felon who lives in Stanislaus County, Damigo is being credited with helping to lead the Charlottesville protest, along with other white supremacist rallies around the country. Damigo has made these rallies a key driver for recruiting new members of the group. He did not respond to requests for comment on Saturday about his involvement in the Charlottesville event following his arrest there.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I’d love to take credit for it, but it was more Nathan.’\u003ccite>Richard Spencer of the white supremacy group the National Policy Institute on Nathan Damigo’s organization around a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But over the course of multiple hourlong interviews over several months this year, Damigo, 31, said his group is engaged in peaceful protests protected by the First Amendment. Before Charlottesville, Damigo was probably best known for punching a 19-year-old woman in the face in Berkeley. That moment was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8GVtXfATtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">captured on video\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the video, Damigo — sporting a hipster haircut, collared shirt and clenched fists — runs up to a young, dreadlocked woman holding a camera and punches her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo told KQED he punched the woman because she was a threat; because she was going to attack his friends; because she was a member of Antifa, a leftist confederation of socialists and anarchists — some of whom have committed acts of violence and arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, Damigo said he punched her because he had to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”jZdJDt4VLmEfe9wQB3CLFzAUrdJPiNWM”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She joined this organization and came with her local gang from Southern California, according to statements that she made on social media, to disrupt the events and to acquire scalps,” he said. “Furthermore, she was swinging around bottles, which is a deadly weapon, a foot-long wine bottle at people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not what KQED witnessed at the scene of the attack, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began with Damigo shouting provocative calls into a megaphone quickly turned into an all-out street brawl. Damigo was screaming “hold the line,” “guard the flank” and “advance!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo violently moved through the crowd. Smoke bombs and flash grenades and glass bottles were thrown. Thick tear gas filled the air. Leftist protesters, many of them aging men, were beat up. Police were hit with firecrackers. At one point, Antifa (wearing black hoodies and masks) and the far right (wearing red hats, flag capes and paramilitary armor) fought over who could control a dumpster that was pushed down the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11611676 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fight broke out over control of a dumpster after right- and left-wing demonstrators clashed in Berkeley on April 15. \u003ccite>(John Sepulvado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Damigo found himself outside of the roaring street brawl he helped create. Alone for a moment, he stopped in the middle of the street. Then, he ran across the street, right up to the woman, and hit her. After she fell, Damigo turned, smiled and jumped back into the rolling scuffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/nathan-damigo-punching-woman-berkeley-white-nationalism/\">Damigo’s involvement in the “Battle of Berkeley”\u003c/a> is an important moment for the white supremacist movement because it attracted supporters from around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large amount of the violence that has occurred may be due to the inroads we are making,” Damigo told an interviewer after the Berkeley events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This frenetic, violent, yet charismatic man with extreme racist views helped organize the Charlottesville rally. And he’s helping to mobilize an entire generation of white supremacists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611748\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11611748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download.png 441w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-160x180.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-240x269.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-375x421.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graphic promoting the Charlottesville rally included the insignia of Damigo’s group Identity Evropa in section “I.” of the snake.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>From Suburban California Kid to Imprisoned Felon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nathan Damigo was born in Lewiston, Maine. In a long conversation with KQED, he noted with irony that the community had accepted early groups of resettled refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t call them refugees,” Damigo said. “It was one of the first places they started doing the Somali immigration relocation thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, his mother moved the family to San Jose. In the South Bay, Damigo traced the beginning of his “race realist” awakening to feeling out of place in a multiracial city. He said he would feel uncomfortable in situations where he was the only white person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d go over to a friend’s house, or something like that, and everybody’s speaking a different language,” Damigo said, “and you’re just sitting there awkwardly. There’s no connection there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11611678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Damigo traces the beginning of his ‘race realist’ beliefs to his upbringing in the diverse city of San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Damigo went to Liberty Baptist School in San Jose through his senior year. His mother worked as a teacher there. Like so many other California kids of his age, he listened to bands like Metallica and Soundgarden, watched “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and dreamed of being a pro skater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, as he aged, those dreams morphed into aspirations of a military career — his father had served in the Marine Corps. Damigo said his desire to serve became more pronounced after the Sept. 11 attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I pretty much watched live as the second tower was hit,” he said. “That was a pretty big thing to watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I became disillusioned, after the Iraq War, with mainstream narratives. … Most of [David Duke’s] arguments I just couldn’t debunk, no matter how hard I tried.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo, Founder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Damigo also credited his socially conservative family, who he said raised him to have pride in the country, for influencing his decision to enlist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would serve two deployments in Iraq in the infantry. It was on these tours that Damigo’s views on race began to be shaped by the violent conflict he saw on a daily basis — killings, murders, explosions and misery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw them in Iraq, which is also a multireligious, multicultural society,” Damigo said. “And I generally saw it growing up. And it was certainly a more extreme form, but it definitely, I think, it did make me think a bit more about race and population dynamics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence that began to shape Damigo’s thinking on race also killed two of his close friends in combat. According to court documents obtained by El Tecolote and KQED, Damigo began suffering acute symptoms of PTSD as a result of his exposure to the Iraq War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo blames that trauma for his decision to rob a San Diego cab driver at gunpoint after his return from Iraq.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a psychological evaluation conducted for the court as part of the criminal case, Damigo said he attacked the cab driver, Changiz Ezzatyar, because he mistook him for an Iraqi. Damigo said the decision came after a night of solitary heavy drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist Heidi Kraft conducted another evaluation of Damigo after the assault. In her clinical notes, which were included in court documents from his trial, she wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We don’t want to be seen as overly threatening.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“While there is no evidence that the patient experienced psychiatric dissociation during the robbery, his PTSD symptoms were so disabling, and his use of alcohol to self-medicate was so heavy, it appears that the combination of these factors led to a serious and uncharacteristic breakdown in both insight and judgment the night of his arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kraft added that some PTSD patients engage in thrill-seeking behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on this Marine’s history, which is free of any behavior even remotely similar to the night of his arrest, it is likely that he may have become one of those patients,” Kraft concluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His family strongly defended Damigo during the court hearing, and his story was featured on the HBO documentary, \u003ca href=\"http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/wartorn-1861-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Wartorn,”\u003c/a> as part of a broader series on post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like being dropped in a nightmare,” his mother, Charilyn Damigo, told HBO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/08/damigo.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/20170813_NathanDamigo_Credit_BertJohnson-1-1920x1280.jpg\" Title=\"Californian Who Helped Lead Charlottesville Protests Used Berkeley as a Test Run\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s mother and others wrote letters to the court, urging leniency and understanding from the judge. But worried that a defense centered on PTSD would fail, Damigo accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to six years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during that time that he started reading the words of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who remains a white supremacist leader and was at the Charlottesville event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became disillusioned after the Iraq War with mainstream narratives,” Damigo said. “Most of [Duke’s] arguments I just couldn’t debunk, no matter how hard I tried.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>College Students Seen as the Key to a Separate White Homeland\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s white supremacist group — Identity Evropa — is based in California but has chapters on college campuses throughout the country. The group has a high visibility on campuses from San Diego to Tuscaloosa to Charlottesville. On these campuses are fliers, banners, posters and bathroom graffiti advertising Identity Evropa videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s views on race and nationalism may have been shaped by the four years in prison, but in many ways they are clear echoes of older white supremacists such as Duke. In an interview with KQED, Damigo said he believes white people need their own separate country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he added that he also wants his organization to be seen as more acceptable to a broader population. For example, Damigo has banned members of Identity Evropa from having tattoos on their faces, necks or hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to be seen as overly threatening,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo also doesn’t swear, instead using words like “gosh” or “golly” in the place of expletives. And as other racists have argued for forceful relocation or purging of minority groups from American society, Damigo avoided talking about how he would create a white-only homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Universities are institutions where the cognitive elite of the youth tend to bottleneck. … They are going to be the ones who are going to be most likely to bring about change, long-term institutional change.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But he doesn’t avoid conflict. Instead — as they did in Berkeley and Charlottesville — Identity Evropa and aligned white supremacist groups seem to revel in goading counterprotesters into violent clashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo also indicated that at this stage he’s more interested in recruiting members and building a durable movement than hammering out specific policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, this is the stuff that will likely never happen in my lifetime,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end, Damigo said he is targeting college-educated white males as potential new members of Identity Evropa. That’s a big reason these rallies have been largely organized on college campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re not just protests. They’re recruitment drives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Universities are institutions where the cognitive elite of the youth tend to bottleneck,” Damigo said. “They are going to be the ones who are going to be most likely to bring about change, long-term institutional change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a strategy shared by Damigo’s friend, Richard Spencer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the most outspoken and visible members of the white supremacist movement\u003c/a>. Spencer heads the National Policy Institute, a white supremacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For better or for worse, I am not trying to reach each and every person who goes to a Trump rally,” Spencer told KQED prior to this weekend’s violence. “There are certainly more populist versions of the alt-right. I think it’s abundantly clear that I’m going after an elite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This approach appears to be working for Identity Evropa, which has recruited more than 500 members at colleges across the country, according to Damigo. KQED could not independently verify that claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brian Levin — a noted hate-group researcher and professor at CSU San Bernardino’s Department of Criminal Justice — said he does not believe those numbers are accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t believe any membership claims by Damigo,” Levin said. “Damigo is trying to not just be the opening act in the white supremacy movement. The membership of his group is far smaller.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I looked at whether white people thought black people are lazy and unintelligent, and there was an uptick in the youngest respondents. … They’re showing a lot of prejudice, really.’\u003ccite>Jean Twenge,\u003cbr>\nSan Diego State University psychology professor, author\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>However, several prominent social scientists who have begun studying the rise of the hard right said they, too, are seeing a significant uptick of participation in racist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those researchers is Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who wrote the book “iGen.” She said her research shows that a minority of people younger than 24 hold racist beliefs, but there has been an increase in those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I looked at whether white people thought black people are lazy and unintelligent, and there was an uptick in the youngest respondents,” Twenge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re showing a lot of prejudice, really,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenge is unsure why this trend is happening. But she said anecdotally, there appears to be evidence that white nationalism is taking root among young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild agreed. During research for her book, “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right,” she ran across a hardening of views among young men, specifically about blacks and Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a great anger, especially with regards to groups like Black Lives Matter or American-Islamic groups,” Hochschild said. “There is a deep-rooted belief that in the past eight years, those groups have somehow cut to the front of the line, that their needs are being placed ahead of whites, especially white men.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That anger — that somehow white history and status in society is being displaced by minority groups and women — was a driving force and rallying cry among white supremacists in Charlottesville, who marched with tiki torches lit to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. The event to celebrate confederate and white heritage was organized locally by Jason Kessler, a local white nationalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get. … Publicity is a good thing. From a PR perspective we want people to talk about us.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>According to Richard Spencer, who spoke to KQED a few weeks before the violence and deaths in Charlottesville, Damigo and his group took the lead to organize white supremacist participation among people from outside Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d love to take credit for it, but it was more Nathan,” Spencer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the outcome in Charlottesville is markedly different than it was in the Berkeley rally. Three people have died, including 32-year-old Heather Heyer, allegedly run over by an apparent white supremacist. Two Virginia State Police officers — Pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates — died a few hours later when their patrol helicopter crashed en route to the scene of the violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo was arrested in Virginia for failing to disperse. He’s set up an online fundraiser for his legal costs related to what he describes as civil rights violations in Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to his arrest, Damigo said he was looking forward to more campus events. He told KQED one of his plans is to set up an event at UC Berkeley with Richard Spencer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get,” Damigo said. “Publicity is a good thing. From a PR perspective we want people to talk about us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: El Tecolote’s Alexis Terrazas contributed to this story, which is presented in partnership with the San Francisco newspaper.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">B\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>efore white nationalists \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/12/1-dead-after-car-plows-into-crowd-at-white-nationalist-protest-in-virginia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protested in Charlottesville\u003c/a> over the weekend, before a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/13/ohio-man-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-car-attack-on-anti-white-nationalist-march/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">man allegedly plowed a car\u003c/a> into a group of people killing one and injuring at least 19, violent clashes in Berkeley offered a window into the motives and tactics of Identity Evropa, one of the white supremacist groups intimately involved in both protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For leaders of this white nationalist movement, the April 15 “Battle of Berkeley” was a self-described test run to see just how far they could push the bounds of protesting, according to numerous \u003ca href=\"https://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2017/04/25/the-battle-of-berkeley-when-patriots-beat-the-antiamerican-left-n2317702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public statements\u003c/a> from members of the white supremacist movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nathan Damigo is a founder of the California-based Identity Evropa, \u003ca href=\"http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/alternate-reality-growing-acceptance-of-white-nationalism-in-trumps-america/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">profiled by El Tecolote newspaper\u003c/a> in December. A former Marine infantryman and convicted felon who lives in Stanislaus County, Damigo is being credited with helping to lead the Charlottesville protest, along with other white supremacist rallies around the country. Damigo has made these rallies a key driver for recruiting new members of the group. He did not respond to requests for comment on Saturday about his involvement in the Charlottesville event following his arrest there.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I’d love to take credit for it, but it was more Nathan.’\u003ccite>Richard Spencer of the white supremacy group the National Policy Institute on Nathan Damigo’s organization around a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12.\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But over the course of multiple hourlong interviews over several months this year, Damigo, 31, said his group is engaged in peaceful protests protected by the First Amendment. Before Charlottesville, Damigo was probably best known for punching a 19-year-old woman in the face in Berkeley. That moment was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8GVtXfATtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">captured on video\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the video, Damigo — sporting a hipster haircut, collared shirt and clenched fists — runs up to a young, dreadlocked woman holding a camera and punches her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo told KQED he punched the woman because she was a threat; because she was going to attack his friends; because she was a member of Antifa, a leftist confederation of socialists and anarchists — some of whom have committed acts of violence and arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, Damigo said he punched her because he had to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She joined this organization and came with her local gang from Southern California, according to statements that she made on social media, to disrupt the events and to acquire scalps,” he said. “Furthermore, she was swinging around bottles, which is a deadly weapon, a foot-long wine bottle at people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not what KQED witnessed at the scene of the attack, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began with Damigo shouting provocative calls into a megaphone quickly turned into an all-out street brawl. Damigo was screaming “hold the line,” “guard the flank” and “advance!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo violently moved through the crowd. Smoke bombs and flash grenades and glass bottles were thrown. Thick tear gas filled the air. Leftist protesters, many of them aging men, were beat up. Police were hit with firecrackers. At one point, Antifa (wearing black hoodies and masks) and the far right (wearing red hats, flag capes and paramilitary armor) fought over who could control a dumpster that was pushed down the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11611676 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/C9ew14wUMAE6IKX-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fight broke out over control of a dumpster after right- and left-wing demonstrators clashed in Berkeley on April 15. \u003ccite>(John Sepulvado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Damigo found himself outside of the roaring street brawl he helped create. Alone for a moment, he stopped in the middle of the street. Then, he ran across the street, right up to the woman, and hit her. After she fell, Damigo turned, smiled and jumped back into the rolling scuffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/nathan-damigo-punching-woman-berkeley-white-nationalism/\">Damigo’s involvement in the “Battle of Berkeley”\u003c/a> is an important moment for the white supremacist movement because it attracted supporters from around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large amount of the violence that has occurred may be due to the inroads we are making,” Damigo told an interviewer after the Berkeley events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This frenetic, violent, yet charismatic man with extreme racist views helped organize the Charlottesville rally. And he’s helping to mobilize an entire generation of white supremacists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611748\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11611748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download.png 441w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-160x180.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-240x269.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/download-375x421.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graphic promoting the Charlottesville rally included the insignia of Damigo’s group Identity Evropa in section “I.” of the snake.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>From Suburban California Kid to Imprisoned Felon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nathan Damigo was born in Lewiston, Maine. In a long conversation with KQED, he noted with irony that the community had accepted early groups of resettled refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t call them refugees,” Damigo said. “It was one of the first places they started doing the Somali immigration relocation thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, his mother moved the family to San Jose. In the South Bay, Damigo traced the beginning of his “race realist” awakening to feeling out of place in a multiracial city. He said he would feel uncomfortable in situations where he was the only white person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d go over to a friend’s house, or something like that, and everybody’s speaking a different language,” Damigo said, “and you’re just sitting there awkwardly. There’s no connection there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11611678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25148_20170427_NathanDamigo_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Damigo traces the beginning of his ‘race realist’ beliefs to his upbringing in the diverse city of San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Damigo went to Liberty Baptist School in San Jose through his senior year. His mother worked as a teacher there. Like so many other California kids of his age, he listened to bands like Metallica and Soundgarden, watched “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and dreamed of being a pro skater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, as he aged, those dreams morphed into aspirations of a military career — his father had served in the Marine Corps. Damigo said his desire to serve became more pronounced after the Sept. 11 attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I pretty much watched live as the second tower was hit,” he said. “That was a pretty big thing to watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I became disillusioned, after the Iraq War, with mainstream narratives. … Most of [David Duke’s] arguments I just couldn’t debunk, no matter how hard I tried.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo, Founder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Damigo also credited his socially conservative family, who he said raised him to have pride in the country, for influencing his decision to enlist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would serve two deployments in Iraq in the infantry. It was on these tours that Damigo’s views on race began to be shaped by the violent conflict he saw on a daily basis — killings, murders, explosions and misery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw them in Iraq, which is also a multireligious, multicultural society,” Damigo said. “And I generally saw it growing up. And it was certainly a more extreme form, but it definitely, I think, it did make me think a bit more about race and population dynamics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence that began to shape Damigo’s thinking on race also killed two of his close friends in combat. According to court documents obtained by El Tecolote and KQED, Damigo began suffering acute symptoms of PTSD as a result of his exposure to the Iraq War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo blames that trauma for his decision to rob a San Diego cab driver at gunpoint after his return from Iraq.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a psychological evaluation conducted for the court as part of the criminal case, Damigo said he attacked the cab driver, Changiz Ezzatyar, because he mistook him for an Iraqi. Damigo said the decision came after a night of solitary heavy drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychologist Heidi Kraft conducted another evaluation of Damigo after the assault. In her clinical notes, which were included in court documents from his trial, she wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We don’t want to be seen as overly threatening.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“While there is no evidence that the patient experienced psychiatric dissociation during the robbery, his PTSD symptoms were so disabling, and his use of alcohol to self-medicate was so heavy, it appears that the combination of these factors led to a serious and uncharacteristic breakdown in both insight and judgment the night of his arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kraft added that some PTSD patients engage in thrill-seeking behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on this Marine’s history, which is free of any behavior even remotely similar to the night of his arrest, it is likely that he may have become one of those patients,” Kraft concluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His family strongly defended Damigo during the court hearing, and his story was featured on the HBO documentary, \u003ca href=\"http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/wartorn-1861-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Wartorn,”\u003c/a> as part of a broader series on post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like being dropped in a nightmare,” his mother, Charilyn Damigo, told HBO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s mother and others wrote letters to the court, urging leniency and understanding from the judge. But worried that a defense centered on PTSD would fail, Damigo accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to six years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during that time that he started reading the words of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who remains a white supremacist leader and was at the Charlottesville event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became disillusioned after the Iraq War with mainstream narratives,” Damigo said. “Most of [Duke’s] arguments I just couldn’t debunk, no matter how hard I tried.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>College Students Seen as the Key to a Separate White Homeland\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s white supremacist group — Identity Evropa — is based in California but has chapters on college campuses throughout the country. The group has a high visibility on campuses from San Diego to Tuscaloosa to Charlottesville. On these campuses are fliers, banners, posters and bathroom graffiti advertising Identity Evropa videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo’s views on race and nationalism may have been shaped by the four years in prison, but in many ways they are clear echoes of older white supremacists such as Duke. In an interview with KQED, Damigo said he believes white people need their own separate country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he added that he also wants his organization to be seen as more acceptable to a broader population. For example, Damigo has banned members of Identity Evropa from having tattoos on their faces, necks or hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to be seen as overly threatening,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo also doesn’t swear, instead using words like “gosh” or “golly” in the place of expletives. And as other racists have argued for forceful relocation or purging of minority groups from American society, Damigo avoided talking about how he would create a white-only homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Universities are institutions where the cognitive elite of the youth tend to bottleneck. … They are going to be the ones who are going to be most likely to bring about change, long-term institutional change.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But he doesn’t avoid conflict. Instead — as they did in Berkeley and Charlottesville — Identity Evropa and aligned white supremacist groups seem to revel in goading counterprotesters into violent clashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo also indicated that at this stage he’s more interested in recruiting members and building a durable movement than hammering out specific policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, this is the stuff that will likely never happen in my lifetime,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end, Damigo said he is targeting college-educated white males as potential new members of Identity Evropa. That’s a big reason these rallies have been largely organized on college campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re not just protests. They’re recruitment drives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Universities are institutions where the cognitive elite of the youth tend to bottleneck,” Damigo said. “They are going to be the ones who are going to be most likely to bring about change, long-term institutional change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a strategy shared by Damigo’s friend, Richard Spencer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the most outspoken and visible members of the white supremacist movement\u003c/a>. Spencer heads the National Policy Institute, a white supremacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For better or for worse, I am not trying to reach each and every person who goes to a Trump rally,” Spencer told KQED prior to this weekend’s violence. “There are certainly more populist versions of the alt-right. I think it’s abundantly clear that I’m going after an elite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This approach appears to be working for Identity Evropa, which has recruited more than 500 members at colleges across the country, according to Damigo. KQED could not independently verify that claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brian Levin — a noted hate-group researcher and professor at CSU San Bernardino’s Department of Criminal Justice — said he does not believe those numbers are accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t believe any membership claims by Damigo,” Levin said. “Damigo is trying to not just be the opening act in the white supremacy movement. The membership of his group is far smaller.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I looked at whether white people thought black people are lazy and unintelligent, and there was an uptick in the youngest respondents. … They’re showing a lot of prejudice, really.’\u003ccite>Jean Twenge,\u003cbr>\nSan Diego State University psychology professor, author\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>However, several prominent social scientists who have begun studying the rise of the hard right said they, too, are seeing a significant uptick of participation in racist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those researchers is Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who wrote the book “iGen.” She said her research shows that a minority of people younger than 24 hold racist beliefs, but there has been an increase in those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I looked at whether white people thought black people are lazy and unintelligent, and there was an uptick in the youngest respondents,” Twenge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re showing a lot of prejudice, really,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenge is unsure why this trend is happening. But she said anecdotally, there appears to be evidence that white nationalism is taking root among young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild agreed. During research for her book, “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right,” she ran across a hardening of views among young men, specifically about blacks and Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a great anger, especially with regards to groups like Black Lives Matter or American-Islamic groups,” Hochschild said. “There is a deep-rooted belief that in the past eight years, those groups have somehow cut to the front of the line, that their needs are being placed ahead of whites, especially white men.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That anger — that somehow white history and status in society is being displaced by minority groups and women — was a driving force and rallying cry among white supremacists in Charlottesville, who marched with tiki torches lit to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. The event to celebrate confederate and white heritage was organized locally by Jason Kessler, a local white nationalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get. … Publicity is a good thing. From a PR perspective we want people to talk about us.’\u003ccite>Nathan Damigo,\u003cbr>\nFounder of Identity Evropa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>According to Richard Spencer, who spoke to KQED a few weeks before the violence and deaths in Charlottesville, Damigo and his group took the lead to organize white supremacist participation among people from outside Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d love to take credit for it, but it was more Nathan,” Spencer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the outcome in Charlottesville is markedly different than it was in the Berkeley rally. Three people have died, including 32-year-old Heather Heyer, allegedly run over by an apparent white supremacist. Two Virginia State Police officers — Pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates — died a few hours later when their patrol helicopter crashed en route to the scene of the violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damigo was arrested in Virginia for failing to disperse. He’s set up an online fundraiser for his legal costs related to what he describes as civil rights violations in Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to his arrest, Damigo said he was looking forward to more campus events. He told KQED one of his plans is to set up an event at UC Berkeley with Richard Spencer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more these people kick and scream and whine and cry, the more publicity we get,” Damigo said. “Publicity is a good thing. From a PR perspective we want people to talk about us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hours after violence broke out at a white nationalist rally in Virginia on Saturday -- and one person was killed when a man drove his car into a group of counter-demonstrators -- people marched through Oakland to denounce white supremacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hundred people marched around Lake Merritt before walking onto the Grand/Lakeshore exit of I-580 late Saturday. Drivers exiting the freeway looked confused as the marchers, many of them clad in Antifa-gear -- wearing a mask, black hoodie and dark pants, shouted, “Whose streets? Our streets!” before taking the highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to bring attention to what’s happening in Charlottesville and to show that we will resist Trump and this fascist regime,” a woman wearing a mask told KQED. “We will not tolerate white supremacy. So we have to get in the way of people’s normal days, we have to cause a little bit of disruption … peaceful disruption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move by protesters marked a day of domestic outrage nationwide after an Ohio man was arrested for killing a counter-protester and injuring many others following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. James Alex Fields Jr., 20, was charged with second-degree murder after allegedly plowing his Dodge Challenger through a crowd of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Virginia State Police troopers investigating the day's events also died when the helicopter they were in crashed in Albemarle County, where Charlottesville is located, according to the state police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White supremacists had descended on Charlottesville after the mayor announced plans to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. 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They were cheered by onlookers and many drivers who had left their cars to capture the protest on their phones -- though some motorists didn't seem to know about the events in Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611605\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11611605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few hundred protesters marched up the off-ramp from I-580 East on Saturday night. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Why are they doing this?” asked one motorist in a white Cadillac SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Told it was to protest the deaths in Charlottesville, she turned to her phone and began typing with her thumbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t hear anything about that,” she said, her face illuminated by her screen. “I’ll have to Google it.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White supremacists had descended on Charlottesville after the mayor announced plans to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the late night protest was peaceful; there were no officer injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters first took to the streets -- then the freeway. Oakland police had anticipated a potential march on the freeway and had blocked the on-ramp to I-580. But protesters changed course to enter the opposite off-ramp as oncoming traffic left the highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are they really doing this?” one officer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters blocked traffic in both directions for about 20 minutes. During that time, some of them shot fireworks into the air, while others spray-painted concrete surfaces around the roadway. About 20 protesters crossed into oncoming freeway traffic, locked hands, and stared down oncoming traffic before cars began to slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon the protesters were surrounded by cars and police, as some California Highway Patrol officers dressed in riot gear left their vehicles and took to the freeway. They were flanked by CHP motorcycle units, who ordered the protesters to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611604\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11611604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26204_Oakland-solidarity-5-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officers with the California Highway Patrol exited their vehicles to push protesters back down the off-ramp of 1-580 after both sides of the freeway had been blocked. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the protesters gave way and retreated back toward Lake Merritt. They were cheered by onlookers and many drivers who had left their cars to capture the protest on their phones -- though some motorists didn't seem to know about the events in Charlottesville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11611605\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11611605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS26200_Oakland-solidarity-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few hundred protesters marched up the off-ramp from I-580 East on Saturday night. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Why are they doing this?” asked one motorist in a white Cadillac SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Told it was to protest the deaths in Charlottesville, she turned to her phone and began typing with her thumbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t hear anything about that,” she said, her face illuminated by her screen. “I’ll have to Google it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "PHOTOS: The Faces of California's Immigrant Story",
"title": "PHOTOS: The Faces of California's Immigrant Story",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>When President Trump's first immigration order temporarily went into effect on Jan. 27, and we began to see its impact at airports and hear stories about how it was touching many people's lives nationwide, we decided to try to capture some of those tales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We created a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/kqed-wants-your-immigration-stories/\">form\u003c/a>, asking people to share their immigration stories, and people did — 56 of them. They mostly weren't stories about the impact of the travel ban. Rather, they were stories that reflect the rich diversity California is known for. They were stories of people whose families had immigrated a generation prior from the Philippines, South Korea, Pakistan, Mexico, India and more. They were tales of people whose parents settled in the U.S. because of conflict in their home country, such as in Iran and El Salvador. They were stories of undocumented youth, known as Dreamers, who had signed up for former President Obama's DACA (or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program — and in one case, a young man who didn't, because he didn't want to be a \"sitting duck\" if Obama's successor didn't keep the program. And there were people who came on work visas, such as the H-1B often used in Silicon Valley, and for love, such as a gay British man who married his American boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">#CaliforniaImmigrant stories, one by one (click to read)\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Undocumented\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented.png\" alt=\"50_Undocumented\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Gokul\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420582\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul.png\" alt=\"50_Gokul\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Yibi\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi.png\" alt=\"50_Yibi\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Saber\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber.png\" alt=\"50_Saber\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Roya\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya.png\" alt=\"50_Roya\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Daniel\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420577\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel.png\" alt=\"50_Daniel\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Anonymous\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous.png\" alt=\"50_Anonymous\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Nicole\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420586\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole.png\" alt=\"50_Nicole\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Enrique\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420579\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique.png\" alt=\"50_Enrique\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Janet\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet.png\" alt=\"50_Janet\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Olivia\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420587\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia.png\" alt=\"50_Olivia\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Erika\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika.png\" alt=\"50_Erika\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Judy\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420584\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy.png\" alt=\"50_Judy\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Sara\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara.png\" alt=\"50_Sara\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Saradha\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha.png\" alt=\"50_Saradha\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Sergio\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio.png\" alt=\"50_Sergio\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Max\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max.png\" alt=\"50_Max\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Roberto\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420588\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto.png\" alt=\"50_Roberto\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Enriqued\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued.png\" alt=\"50_Enriqued\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Elizabeth\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth.png\" alt=\"50_Elizabeth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We reached out to as many of the people who'd completed the form as we could (some asked not to be contacted, some did not reply and some stories were so similar that we decided not to duplicate them), and took portraits of some of those who could meet up with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fun note to share: A human geography teacher at Lowell High School in San Francisco offered extra credit to his students who completed our form (and 24 of them did). We did this project in collaboration with \u003cem>The California Report Magazine,\u003c/em> which reported on the stories of four California immigrants (one who completed our form) whose lives are in limbo. You can read their stories here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We hope you enjoy these stories because — though they may differ from your family's experience — they are all part of the California story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380922 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2.jpg\" alt=\"An undocumented immigrant from LA County says the Trump administration's actions justifies his fear of "not obtaining my DACA status all these years, I do not want to be a sitting duck."\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-240x149.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-375x233.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An undocumented immigrant from L.A. County says the Trump administration's actions justify his fear of \"not obtaining my DACA status all these years. I do not want to be a sitting duck.\" \u003ccite>(Courtesy of anonymous)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003ca id=\"Undocumented\">\u003c/a>Anonymous, undocumented, Los Angeles County\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy father came here without a visa or work permit, undocumented, and left all family back in Mexico. My mother, my two siblings and I were left back in Mexico City. He sent money for us and worked hard to save up enough to get all of us visas to enter the USA the safest way possible, with a B-1/B-2 or legally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration justifies my fear for not obtaining my DACA status all these years; I do not want to be a sitting duck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I came to the Bay Area when I was 10 years old and started the fifth grade without knowing the language. I hold a bachelor of science which I paid for out of pocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My field grants me access to sensitive data of a business or enterprise and I've always been afraid of leaving my workplace in fear of having to be e-verified if I’m rehired elsewhere that may be a government subcontractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately for me, I was stupid to gamble with moving forward and working at a Google-like perks and pay tech job — I was hired and let go after two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The Trump administration justifies my fear for not obtaining my DACA status all these years; I do not want to be a sitting duck.'\u003ccite>Anonymous, undocumented, Los Angeles County\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The laws now enforcing extreme vetting are very much in full effect. If this continues and tougher laws are enforced, such as verifying I-9 employment eligibility verification with e-verify through USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), not only members of my family and myself but a whole lot of illegals who are hired by a lot of businesses will be out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is sad because most are low-level/low-wage jobs or small businesses that rarely follow such procedures and only do the minimum, which is to file away a copy of an ID and social security card in case of an audit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having stayed under the radar for so long while doing my due diligence will no longer work out for me and plenty of others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the system has taken advantage to our detriment and used us for cheap labor. Now, they intend to further degrade us and keep us living in fear or simply toss us out for being \"Bad Hombres.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gokul Gunasekaran was photographed on the campus of Stanford University, his alma mater, on March 6, 2017. He entered the U.S. on a student visa and was able to stay by securing a work visa.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gokul Gunasekaran was photographed on the campus of Stanford University, his alma mater, on March 6, 2017. He entered the U.S. on a student visa and was able to stay by securing a work visa. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Gokul\">\u003c/a>Gokul Gunasekaran, H-1B visa holder, Sunnyvale\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI came to Stanford to pursue my graduate studies in electrical engineering. I graduated in 2011 and since then I've been working as a software engineer. I started my career at a bigger company. I worked there for three years. Since then, I've been working at a smaller startup in Palo Alto for close to three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, as one could imagine, getting admitted to Stanford, with all the tuition taken care of, was a dream come true. I experienced no issues getting my student visa as well. It was great. Up till then, my immigration story was very smooth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only after I graduated from Stanford did I realize the problems associated with working on a work visa in the United States. The system is definitely not encouraging folks to be independent, free, and to move from companies. It's not very straightforward at all. The laws are very complex. For the first few years, it was OK because I was just starting to work for the first time in my life. Immigration was not my primary concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once I wanted to switch jobs, that's when I realized how painful it was going to be to even just move from one company to another, let alone starting my own business — which is almost impossible to do. It's been downhill since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I've come to a point where I've spent close to eight years in this country and I'm starting to doubt whether I should still pursue this arduous journey here or should I give up and go back to my home country or another country like Canada or Australia, where they are welcoming to a lot more highly skilled immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is primarily with the green card process. They give out 140,000 green cards* per year; no more than 7 percent can go to one specific country. For people who are born in India, we are looking at a wait time of more than 50 years. I'll probably be 70 or maybe even dead by the time I'm actually eligible to get my green card. That is the biggest issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second thing is also the mobility on the H-1B visa. For example, let's say I want to switch to another company. The company sponsors me, but then I have to go back and start the process all over again (that's generally what happens and in any case, it doesn't change the fact that I'll have to wait so many years).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last problem is, for example, let's say I have been here 10 or 15 years, and my company is not doing well. If they lay me off, I have to leave the country within 10 days. I'm basically being penalized because I was born in India. That is the root cause of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I've come to a point where I've spent close to eight years in this country and I'm starting to doubt whether I should still pursue this arduous journey here or should I give up and go back to my home country or another country ... where they are welcoming to a lot more highly skilled immigrants.'\u003ccite>Gokul Gunasekaran, H-1B visa holder, Sunnyvale\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As far as the executive orders are concerned, I'm kind of scared right now to go back to visit my parents because I'm worried … whether the consulate will actually give me a stamp to come back to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, the uncertainties toward travel, whether we will get our visa stamping, whether our work visas will be renewed -- these are all adding quite a bit of anxiety to the high-skilled immigrant community. That's it in a nutshell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time I go back home or when I talk to my parents, they ask me if I’m close to getting my green card or do I have any permanency and I tell them, “No. It's not happening.” They ask me, “What's the point of all this? Just come back home and stay with us and stay close with family.” That is a decision that's been moving up on my things to do and I'm seriously considering that, unfortunately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system here is totally broken. I think my American Dream has been pretty much shattered to pieces and I feel like I could have done a lot more with my career back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear more from Gunasekaran and others about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/04/18/president-trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-h1-b-visas/\">the debate over H-1B visas\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Yibi's husband, Maguiber, was detained by ICE on February 9. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heras' husband, Maguiber, was detained by ICE on Feb. 9. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Yibi\">\u003c/a>Yibi Heras, wife of Guatemalan immigrant detained by ICE, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have been in Oakland for four years and I've been in the United States for 10 years. I met my husband, Maguiber,* at work and that's where everything started. We have three children.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her husband at their Oakland home shortly after 5 a.m. in February.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was washing dishes and I saw some people outside and I didn't know who they were. I thought maybe they were robbers. And so I went to go get my husband. And then they were already knocking on the window.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They said they were \"police\" investigating a case of hit-and-run. They asked Maguiber, \"Can you show us your registration papers that you have for your car?\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Like all of us, he's made mistakes, but he's not dangerous. You can't say someone’s dangerous based on immigration status or nationality. There are a lot of dangerous people who are born here in the U.S.'\u003ccite>Yibi Heras, wife of Guatemalan immigrant detained by ICE, Oakland\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So my husband went out. He opened the car up. He got the papers out and then a man came up behind him and I saw that he showed my husband a paper. And that's when he (my husband) said, \"Yibi, it's immigration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They started asking him questions. \"Do you have children? Are you married?\" He said, \"Yes, I have three\" kids. And when I saw that he was going to keep responding to the questions I told him, \"Keep your mouth shut! You don't need to answer anything. It's going to be worse for you if you keep answering them.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that's when the person that had been asking him questions turned to me asking, \"Do you have children? Are you married?\" And I asked him, \"Do you have a warrant?\" And then he said, \"No, it's OK. We only came for him.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They basically lied to him to get him to come outside. And that seems unfair, that seems wrong. So that's why I want to speak out. I would like to warn people who maybe they don’t have to respond to questions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(*Maguiber’s attorney asked that we use only his first name while his case is pending. She believes a recent arrest for reckless driving put him on ICE’s radar\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maguiber first came to the U.S. a decade ago. He was soon deported to Guatemala but returned after a notorious gang there attacked him and threatened his life.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like all of us, he's made mistakes, but he's not dangerous. You can't say someone’s dangerous based on immigration status or nationality. There are a lot of dangerous people who are born here in the U.S. It depends on the way that you're brought up — not where you're from.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When this happened, I was afraid to come back home. But I can't live with fear. I have three children. The oldest has a disability. I stopped working because he had an operation and it didn't make sense to pay somebody to take care of him. But now I have to look for other funds to keep surviving.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(An immigration judge will hold a hearing in June on whether to allow Maguiber to stay in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/08/how-trump-could-detain-more-immigrants-in-california/\">Read more\u003c/a> about the family's story)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We’re optimistic that everything turns out well, but we know that the judge has the last word.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to the full The California Report immigration special:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/04/2017-04-21-tcrmag.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24993_TCR-Mag-Immigration-Banner-qut-1920x628.jpg\" Title=\"Living in Limbo: California Immigrant Stories in Trump's America\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Saber Askar stands outside his apartment in East Porterville. A U.S. citizen, he is struggling to bring his family to the U.S. from Yemen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saber Askar stands outside his apartment in East Porterville. A U.S. citizen, he is struggling to bring his family to the U.S. from Yemen. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Saber\">\u003c/a>Saber \"Moe\" Askar, naturalized U.S. citizen, East Porterville (Tulare County)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My dad was a U.S. citizen, and when I was 15 he told me to come here (from Yemen). I came to Michigan. It was a hard time. I only had summer clothes; I was freezing. I worked in factories, and I applied for my citizenship. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a couple of things that are the best times in my life — one of them was becoming an American citizen. It’s the best thing I have. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">About eight years ago, my cousin said, “Please, can you help me with my store?” So I moved to California, and I love it here. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it doesn’t matter what I’m doing, there’s nothing to make me happy because my family is not with me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Moe would go back to visit Yemen for extended stays over the years. During one such stay, he married. He’d return home for long trips.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I try to explain to them, 'Just give me a little time and then you guys are going to be here, then you guys are going to be OK.' They make me bleed inside when I talk to them. I don’t know what to do. Every time I call I’m afraid they won’t answer anymore.'\u003ccite>Saber Askar, naturalized U.S. citizen, East Porterville\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’ve always wanted them to come here, but I was waiting for the right time. I wanted to find a good job and get a house. Then the war started. I want them out; I want to save them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s been two years now, and nobody stops killing. There is no gas, no electricity; they don’t have enough food to eat. My middle daughter, I think she’s about to lose her mind. She’s very skinny. She cannot eat. She’s scared because she hears the bombing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I try to explain to them, “Just give me a little time and then you guys are going to be here, then you guys are going to be OK.” They make me bleed inside when I talk to them. I don’t know what to do. Every time I call I’m afraid they won’t answer anymore. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want to die in this country because I love this country, but what’s happening with the new president here, it shocked me bad. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was thinking my kids were going to come here and have a safe life, a normal life, and go to school and have a future. But they’re not welcome here. There’s no place for my kids — not in Yemen, not here. So where can we go? I really feel insulted. Even if you’re an American citizen, you’re nothing. Nothing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Learn more about Askar’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/21/for-a-longtime-citizen-the-trump-age-brings-uncertainty/\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roya Soleimani was photographed in her home in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Her parents came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s to earn their doctorate degrees at the University of the Pacific and weren't able to return because of the Iranian Revolution.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roya Soleimani was photographed in her home in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Her parents came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s to earn their doctorate degrees at the University of the Pacific and weren't able to return home because of the Iranian Revolution. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Roya\">\u003c/a>Roya Soleimani, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents' immigration story is part of the vibrant mosaic and fabric of the United States. They came from Iran on student visas to attend the University of the Pacific in Stockton for their doctoral education in sociology and psychology. They finished in 1979, and with the revolution chaotically unfolding in Iran, they weren't able to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have called Stockton home since 1973, and have now spent more of their lives here. With their Ph.D.s in hand, and no option to return to Iran, they made the most of their situation. They could not find work in their respective fields because of the hostage crisis in Iran and the perception people have about them for being Iranian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My dad turned his talent of sewing into a business and has owned a tailor shop since 1982. My mom turned her education and passion for children into her life's work, and transformed a humble home daycare into a preschool, kindergarten and child-care center, with nearly 50 kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have been proud citizens since the '90s and have voted in every election since they could vote. They are active in their community, members of Rotary, and raised my sister and I with pride for our hyphenated Iranian-American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was born and raised in Stockton, and have held both sides of my cultural identity with so much pride. I speak Persian fluently, and happily balanced the rich culture, food, music and traditions of my parents’ homeland with my civic service, activism and patriotic nature of my American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11418551 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Maher was photographed at the Ecology Center in Berkeley on April 20, 2017. He supervises the center's fleet of trucks and trains at risk youth in green collar jobs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Maher was photographed at the Ecology Center in Berkeley on April 20, 2017. He supervises the center's fleet of trucks and trains at-risk youth in green-collar jobs. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Daniel\">\u003c/a>Daniel Maher, former green-card holder, Hayward\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I was 3 years old, my family emigrated from Macau (a former Portuguese colony that’s now a Chinese autonomous region) to the United States. We were in Union City for a brief period. My grandparents operated a flower-growing business there, and we would stay with them, help with the family business, and \u003c/span>then,\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the family business kind of picked up and left and moved to San Jose.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I usually associated with certain individuals that really were misfits, I don't know why. Probably because I kept moving a lot in a short period of time. It was hard to make friends right away. Misfits are there for one reason or another. Maybe they were looked at as nerds as well. A lot of my friends were in gifted education, so we would bounce ideas all the time, good or bad, I’m not going to say.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The chance of being deported is on my mind all the time. I have all these plans, a lot of things that I want to get done. Is it going to be interrupted?'\u003ccite>Daniel Maher, former green-card holder, Hayward\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I’d just about turned 21 and I still had the same friends but they were off doing something else. I knew what they were doing. They had planned to rob drug dealers, and they had somebody else who was supposed to go with them. That person was unable to make it, so rather than scrap their plans they asked me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Daniel was arrested and served five years for felony armed robbery and attempted kidnapping; his green card was revoked and his future in the U.S. is uncertain because \u003c/em>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Trump has vowed to deport violent\u003c/em> felons.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I understand the underlying reasoning behind deporting violent felons, and I'm really not opposed to it. I've had a very short period of my life where I was actually that person who was convicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then I've been a completely different person. So does one moment in time justify changing a person's life for the long term or can we change it for the better? Can we give that person a second chance because he's shown that he's changed? I'm all for that second chance, but I would certainly understand if they wouldn't allow it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chance of being deported is on my mind all the time. I have all these plans, a lot of things that I want to get done. Is it going to be interrupted?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Learn more about Maher’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/20/should-a-mistake-made-long-ago-doom-this-immigrants-future\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A British man married his Mexican-American partner after a drawn-out process in which he briefly became undocumented.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A British man married his Mexican-American partner after a drawn-out process in which he briefly became undocumented. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of anonymous)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Anonymous\">\u003c/a>Anonymous, permanent resident, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI entered on a tourist visa and have since married my Mexican-American partner and gained permanent residency after a very stressful, drawn-out, expensive application starting in NYC and now ending in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I became undocumented as I \"overstayed\" my 90-day tourist visa while awaiting paperwork (from the UK) that I was told I'd need by the Office of the City Clerk in NYC, delaying our wedding. The irony being that the paperwork wasn't needed after all. But because we followed the rules we were told by a government official, I then became classed as undocumented (\"illegal\").\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy same-sex marriage could be reneged by the new administration and/or I could get deported due to being undocumented briefly before marrying, and my husband would then face the same sorts of issues trying to immigrate to the UK with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Fernandez was photographed at home in San Mateo on Feb. 28, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan in the 1980s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Fernandez was photographed at home in San Mateo on Feb. 28, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan in the 1980s. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Nicole\">\u003c/a>Nicole Fernandez, child of immigrants, San Mateo\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents immigrated from Karachi, Pakistan, with visas the year before I was born in 1982.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I really feel like being the child of immigrants shaped who I became. My parents and grandparents are literally the American Dream. They came over with nothing, minimal support from family. Until I was 30, I lived in a multigenerational home with my parents and grandparents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents worked really hard. My dad's a welder. He works with his hands. My mom's in the medical industry. Medical care. She works for Sutter. I'm just so proud of what they've been able to achieve considering their very humble roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My grandparents are in their 80s. They live in Palo Alto and you won't meet anyone who loves this country more than my parents and grandparents. They haven't had it easy. They taught us a lot about hard work and giving back to our nation.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Immigration still affects my family. I have many family members, cousins, second cousins who immigrated illegally. They now are all citizens and they are raising their children in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where we are nationally, I fear that more people are going to be going underground and as a society, we're not going to be benefiting from the beautiful diversity that immigration brings because so many people are going to be afraid to leave their homes or will self-deport back to their country of origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Yarce was photographed on March 1, 2017, at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he is a student and activist. His parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 3 years old.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Yarce Martinez was photographed on March 1, 2017, at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he is a student and activist. His parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 3 years old. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Enrique\">\u003c/a>Enrique Yarce Martinez, DACA recipient, Santa Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe came through border checks (from Mexico). I was in the trunk, for part of the journey, and then the back, covered with a blanket. My parents say it's a miracle that the patroller didn't see me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am DACA, so, slightly less illegal, I've heard. I saw a really good play in Santa Rosa, and they were talking about that, and they put it really well, because DACA isn't really a path to citizenship, like a lot of people think. It's like $500 every two years for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're at risk for being deported. I've lived here 19 years of my life in this country. I'm an American. If I were to be deported, it'd be such a culture shock. I love Mexico. From what I hear, obviously the government has a lot of issues, but the country's beautiful, but still, I wouldn't feel the same. This is my home, it always has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I always internalized this part of my identity for a very long time, because it's scary to think about. It's scary because it's very real. I remember one time my dad was trying to tell us, my mom and I, to say we're Chilean or something, because Mexico's having a lot of attention, with all the immigration and stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'... with a child and everything, they were doing crime scene cleanups, and cleaning offices, and just anything they could do to get money. You can get two tacos for $1 at Jack in the Box, and we would just eat that, a lot. I still like it.'\u003ccite>Enrique Yarce Martinez, DACA recipient, Santa Rosa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>My mom was like, \"No, I'm proud of being a Mexican. I'm not going to hide from that.\" Yeah, I didn't really know yet, but I felt that way. Later, as I got older, I think about that a lot, and that was really important to me — how my mom stood up like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm proud of who I am, and my identity is complicated, but it's still who I am, and it's made me into the person I am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt's very uncertain. I know it's taken me awhile to finally feel like I can go to school and continue my education. I want to be a social worker, my major is sociology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was always interested in activism, community organizing. I do that stuff, I love it — it's my life. I want to continue to do that, I want to continue to help people, so it just feels ... I feel really paralyzed a lot of the times, because I don't know if all my work will just go down the drain, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Same with my parents, we were homeless when we first moved here, and that was rough, but they still managed to get out of that, I don't even know how.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's incredible, with a child and everything, they were doing crime scene cleanups, and cleaning offices, and just anything they could do to get money. You can get two tacos for $1 at Jack in the Box, and we would just eat that, a lot. I still like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm worried about my parents. I've talked to my mom about it, what it's like for her to not really have an identity in this country. She doesn't have any sort of identification. She's always felt, kind of, trapped. They live in Lake County, and there's not a lot of people of color at all, especially where we live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're just here, trying to live our lives. We're human like everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I remember this one time, I was watching a video about some lawyers on United Way and this woman at the end was like, \"I know things are hard right now. I know that it seems really bleak, but, we can do this. We can win. We can improve our lives. …\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I cried so much, I didn't even know ... I needed to hear that, but I really did because that stuff was really getting to me. Just the internalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've gotten messages because I comment on things, and I'm like, \"You're wrong, you know, I'm not a demon.\" Then people will message me, and threaten to call ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) or whatever, and I'm just like, \"OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a lot of hate, and that's really scary to me — that people would hate me just because I was brought here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380709\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Janet del Mundo, far right, with her mom and sister in 1987. Del Mundo's grandfather fought for the U.S. in WW2, earning him U.S. citizenship. He was able to petition for his children, including del Mundo's mom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1920x1439.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet del Mundo, far right, with her mom and sister in 1987. Del Mundo's grandfather fought for the U.S. in World War II, earning him U.S. citizenship. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janet del Mundo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Janet\">\u003c/a>Janet del Mundo, naturalized U.S. citizen, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy grandfather was in the Philippine Navy during WWII and fought on the side of the Americans. Because of this, he was granted U.S. citizenship and was able to petition for his children, including my mother.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI am fortunate enough to have naturalized legally through a family petition. However, I have many friends and family members who don't have the same opportunities. It's unfair and it dishonors the history of this country, which was, in fact, built by immigrants. Trump's policies will divide families and make us weaker as a nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What does growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. mean to you?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>For me, growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. means courage, hard work and sacrifice. My mom left behind her home and built up a life from scratch, at one point working two jobs, all to give her children a better life. It's kind of a cliche to say \"the American Dream,\" but that's really what this country is built on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418771\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-800x938.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia and her husband walk together after their civil ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, December 2016. They wanted to get married and start Olivia's application for legal status before President Trump took office.\" width=\"800\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-800x938.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-160x188.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-1020x1196.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-1180x1383.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-960x1126.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-375x440.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-520x610.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia and her husband walk together after their civil ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, December 2016. They wanted to get married and start Olivia's application for legal status before President Trump took office. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia*, DACA recipient, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI'm originally from Mexico. The whole entire family came here in 1999 and we settled down in San Jose. I started fifth grade I believe when we just arrived. And we have been in San Jose ever since. We call it our home. I live in San Francisco now; we've always been in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was finally going to have the wedding that I had always envisioned (in fall 2017), but then Nov. 8 (Trump’s election) happened and I panicked because I didn't know what was going to be my fate and that of my brother in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My birthday is Nov. 17, so that was probably the worst birthday I've ever had. I was pretty depressed. My boyfriend tried cheering me up, but I was just bummed. I didn't know what was going to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's just one thing after the other. It's just unbelievable. There's so much uncertainty and it makes you feel so helpless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have to sit back and wait and watch and see what happens. It's not a nice way to live, to have to turn on the TV or have to open up social media or have to follow a newspaper and read that these things are happening. There is no more -- there isn't protection for people with DACA. There just isn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I never pressured him to marry because I didn't need it. You know I was OK. I don't need to travel outside of the States. I have my immediate family here so I don't have anything kind of holding me back in Mexico. This is my life. I was OK with staying here being like in a cage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*Olivia isn’t her real name; she asked to remain anonymous out of fear of deportation. Learn more about Olivia’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/12/dreamer-sees-path-to-escape-immigration-limbo/\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Lee was photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she is a student, on March 6, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated from South Korea in 1991.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erika Lee was photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she is a student, on March 6, 2017. Her parents and grandparents emigrated from South Korea in 1991. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Erika\">\u003c/a>Erika Lee, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOn my dad’s side, my grandpa, his wife and three kids decided to emigrate out of South Korea in 1991 so that they could have a better future. My dad came with his older and younger sisters, and a few months later, my grandparents came and they bought a house. We still live in the same house today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom’s side is from North Korea. My great-grandparents were civilians affected by the Korean War in 1950. They had to keep moving south, which was safer for the family. So they went to a city in South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They didn’t have enough money so they decided to move to the United States in 1982, as one big family, for a better life and to get a better education. They migrated to Bay Farm Island (in Alameda), where all the kids went to school and graduated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as time went by, my grandpa wanted to move to a place near his job so the whole family moved to San Leandro, where my mom and dad met and married. They lived there for about three years with me, and then my family moved to my dad’s parents’ house in S.F. (that's because of a Korean tradition in which the eldest son and his family live with their parents).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is how my family migrated to America. My family was part of the migration stream: Lots of people were moving to the United States because of the opportunities to have better lives and wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Judy Christopher emigrated from Canada to the U.S. decades ago. She got citizenship last year. Here she is with her daughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judy Christopher emigrated from Canada to the U.S. She got citizenship last year. She is pictured here with her daughter, Loha. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Judy Christopher)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Judy\">\u003c/a>Judy Christopher, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI came on a tourist visa from Canada. Clearly moving. Two suitcases filled with personal belongings, important papers, photo albums, and with my cat and dog, on a one-way flight from Toronto to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overstayed my visa. Applied for permanent resident status after marrying an American. Was waved through at customs after secondary screening with a \"looks like you are moving — don't let us catch you working\" warning. White privilege!\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Overstayed my visa. Applied for permanent resident status after marrying an American. Was waved through at customs after secondary screening with a 'looks like you are moving — don't let us catch you working' warning. White privilege!'\u003ccite>Judy Christopher, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I worked for cash cleaning houses. I used the medical system to have my son without cost to me. And everyone kept saying, \"Oh, it's different with you.\" The only difference was my skin color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI got my citizenship a month before the election so I could vote against Trump. While I'm not worried about anyone in my family being deported (my three kids were born here), I am worried about other families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's \"victory\" will impact my family in that we will become more resolved resisters and more active in civil society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380713\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 604px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11380713\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Mostafavi, an Iranian-American immigration lawyer, on a visit to Morocco.\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut.jpg 604w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Mostafavi, an Iranian-American immigration lawyer, on a visit to Morocco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sara Mostafavi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Sara\">\u003c/a>Sara Mostafavi, dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Danville\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI am an Iranian-American dual national by virtue of having been born here and having parents that are Iranian citizens. I am also an immigration attorney who represents many clients from Iran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new executive order has the effect of freezing travel between Iran and the U.S. for anyone who is not a U.S. citizen \u003cem>(Editor’s note: The ban is currently being challenged in court and has been stayed)\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My clients are scared, worried, anxious, and are separated from loved ones. They have PTSD from the post-9/11 immigration horror stories and they are reliving those moments again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been playing part-attorney, part-therapist and part-fortune teller (without the benefit of a functioning crystal ball) when speaking to family, friends, community members and clients about the reverberations of this (Trump’s) executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-800x361.png\" alt=\"Sarah Rao with her parents at SeaWorld San Diego. Today, Rao, an 18-year-old high school senior, reflects on her dual identities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-800x361.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-160x72.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-1020x461.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-1180x533.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-960x434.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-240x108.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-375x169.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-520x235.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych.png 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Rao an 18-year-old high school senior, reflects on her dual identities. Right, with her parents at SeaWorld San Diego as a kid. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sarah Rao)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Saradha\">\u003c/a>Saradha (Sarah) Rao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents (from India) married in their 20s and moved here once my father was awarded an H-1B visa. I was born a year later. My father continued his work for the next 10 years working by contract with companies that would endorse the extensions for his stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 2012, my mother became a U.S. citizen and my father, later the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>My family is currently low income and dependent on welfare. I am also a student who is about to enter college, so we are extremely vulnerable to any of his actions, financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What does growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. mean to you?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGrowing up in an immigrant family is definitely complicated. It's comparable to a balancing act. You have such direct roots to your parents' culture but also feel so much pressure to assimilate. To me it's been a lot about self-discovery. As a young child I equally expressed both halves of me, Indian and American, without shame or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'So growing up in an immigrant family means self-discovery and place-finding for me. No, being an immigrant or a first-generation citizen should not be defining. But it does mean something in who you are and what you bring to the table.'\u003ccite>Saradha (Sarah) Rao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As I grew older and I became more self-conscious and experienced bits of racism and xenophobia, I started to try to suppress my heritage. If I showed any interest, it was only at home around my parents. Outside of the house, I'd be utterly embarrassed at any association with India unless it was from another's praise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am a senior in high school and am just about to graduate. In high school, I was lucky to have found an environment that is accepting, and peers who have embraced me, and diversity in general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last four years, I've truly come to love and appreciate the complex relationship between my identity and my heritage. I constantly research online and ask my parents questions. In this time, I have also developed a nationalistic pride equal to that I feel for America, although I recognize that both have a long way to go before either are perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So growing up in an immigrant family means self-discovery and place-finding for me. No, being an immigrant or a first-generation citizen should not be defining. But it does mean something in who you are and what you bring to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be a struggle to balance the societal pressures and views of your family's origin and your cultural ties, but sooner or later you figure out that you don't have to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11419141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11419141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio Herrera's parents came from El Salvador and Mexico. Herrera, a high school student in San Francisco, is pictured center in each photo with his mom, Maria, dad, Sergio, and brother, Joshua.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-800x475.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-1020x605.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-1180x700.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-960x570.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-240x142.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-375x222.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-520x308.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Herrera's parents came from El Salvador and Mexico. Herrera, a high school student in San Francisco, is pictured center in each photo with his mom, Maria, dad, Sergio, and brother, Joshua. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sergio Herrera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sergio Herrera, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy family's migration starts from two Latin American countries, Mexico and El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My dad was born in Mexico and migrated to America at 18 to find a way to support his poor family back in Mexico, who were living in a hut. He knew he wouldn't be able to support them in Mexico where jobs are really low-paying, so he decided to take a risk that millions of people have taken: jump the border in order to have a better life and higher-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, he had to face major obstacles since he entered the country illegally. He had to survive a two-week trip from his hometown to the border fence. He would then have to take another 24 hours to get through the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His goal was San Francisco since he had friends there, and after a long trip he made it. Eventually, he was able to get his green card and his citizenship, and save enough money for his family back home to build a house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother was born in El Salvador and immigrated legally by plane at age 25. Her parents were able to apply for a green card before she traveled to the United States and her green card was granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main reason for her migration was the fact that there was a civil war going on in El Salvador. She knew no one and basically had to start from scratch. Luckily, after about two years, her sister arrived in San Francisco and they were able to help each other out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in an immigrant family makes me feel fortunate that I had the opportunities to experience different cultures. It also meant that my family was different in a sense that we ate different meals than most of my friends: While they were eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch, me and my brother were eating tortillas with beans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also made me want to work harder knowing that my parents went through a hard time coming to the United States for them and their kids to have a better future. They did their part, so now it’s my turn to do my part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Maximilian Tiao, photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco on March 6, 2017. He is a member of Lowell's track and field team; his parents immigrated from South Korea.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maximilian Tiao, photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco on March 6, 2017. He is a member of Lowell's track and field team. His parents emigrated from South Korea. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Max\">\u003c/a>Maximilian Tiao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents immigrated by plane from South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both my grandparents (who are originally from China) and my parents didn't receive such a high education. They didn't have such a high income so, when my parents came to the United States, they really emphasized the fact. They're like: \"Oh, our next generation has to take care of themselves and be able to establish an education — for even their next generation as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They came to San Francisco particularly because they knew that, besides being close to South Korea, this place has innovation. This new place gave them an awesome opportunity to be able to do jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe that Trump's new executive actions will probably not affect my family since they’re all naturalized as U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But anything can happen, especially with one of Trump's executive orders halting funding of sanctuary cities like San Francisco \u003cem>(Editor’s note: San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have filed lawsuits challenging any possible reductions in funding)\u003c/em>. I don't believe that this will affect my family specifically, but it can affect those around — especially my friends at Lowell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380842\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380842 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Burgos' family emigrated from Panama.\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut.jpg 384w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Burgos' family emigrated from Panama. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Roberto Burgos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Roberto\">\u003c/a>Roberto Burgos, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy mother was one of many Panamanians working for USAID in Panama. During the height of Manual Noriega's dictatorship, the U.S. granted visas to some Panamanian employees, my mother being one. She already had a sister living in San Francisco, so, after much preparations, and as the country's safety deteriorated, we flew in on December 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI don't know, and that is a problem. I feel that me and my family are pretty much established in the U.S., and that, as of today, the actions Trump has taken will not affect us directly, I feel uncertain about actions he may take in the future that could. I have a nagging feeling that it is very possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380848\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380848 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-160x290.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Diaz, Gilroy.\" width=\"160\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-160x290.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-240x436.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-375x681.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-520x944.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Diaz, Gilroy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Enrique Diaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Enriqued\">\u003c/a>Enrique Diaz, naturalized U.S. citizen, Gilroy\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How did your family enter the U.S.?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Illegally initially -> green card -> citizenship -> 4 siblings with 4 year university degrees!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Fear/anxiety/uncertainty among those undocumented and not appreciated for those that are now documented. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380917\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380917 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-160x240.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Parrott, Lafayette.\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Parrott, Lafayette. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Elizabeth Parrott)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Elizabeth\">\u003c/a>Elizabeth Parrott, child of immigrants, Lafayette\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How did your family enter the U.S.?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>My mother was an au pair for a family in Southern California, and my dad just came over on a work visa.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>While my parents have become citizens, and my sisters and I were all born here, I believe the executive actions will lead to profiling (similar to what occurred in Arizona), of all Latinos and people who simply look Mexican. I believe that this type of profiling is a fundamental violation of my rights as a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Angelica Salceda, Firebaugh\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Salceda with her niece, Sophia Marie Salceda, in Chowchilla. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Angelica Salceda)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Angelica\">\u003c/a>Angelica Salceda, child of immigrants, Firebaugh (Fresno County)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy mom came on a travel visa in the 1980s and extended her stay. She later become a LPR (lawful permanent resident). But many other family members came here undocumented and continue to lack status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>For undocumented and LPR family members, I fear that any encounter with law enforcement may result in grave immigration consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The interviews were edited for clarity and length.\u003c/em> \u003cem>Sasha Khokha, Ryan Levi, Vanessa Rancano and Julie Small contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*This story has been corrected to reflect the number of green cards is 140,000, not 150,000 as previously reported.\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Want to share your immigration story? Complete our form:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ImmigrationForm]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When President Trump's first immigration order temporarily went into effect on Jan. 27, and we began to see its impact at airports and hear stories about how it was touching many people's lives nationwide, we decided to try to capture some of those tales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We created a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/kqed-wants-your-immigration-stories/\">form\u003c/a>, asking people to share their immigration stories, and people did — 56 of them. They mostly weren't stories about the impact of the travel ban. Rather, they were stories that reflect the rich diversity California is known for. They were stories of people whose families had immigrated a generation prior from the Philippines, South Korea, Pakistan, Mexico, India and more. They were tales of people whose parents settled in the U.S. because of conflict in their home country, such as in Iran and El Salvador. They were stories of undocumented youth, known as Dreamers, who had signed up for former President Obama's DACA (or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program — and in one case, a young man who didn't, because he didn't want to be a \"sitting duck\" if Obama's successor didn't keep the program. And there were people who came on work visas, such as the H-1B often used in Silicon Valley, and for love, such as a gay British man who married his American boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright noborder\">#CaliforniaImmigrant stories, one by one (click to read)\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Undocumented\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented.png\" alt=\"50_Undocumented\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Undocumented-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Gokul\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420582\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul.png\" alt=\"50_Gokul\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Gokul-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Yibi\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi.png\" alt=\"50_Yibi\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Yibi-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Saber\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber.png\" alt=\"50_Saber\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saber-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Roya\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya.png\" alt=\"50_Roya\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roya-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Daniel\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420577\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel.png\" alt=\"50_Daniel\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Daniel-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Anonymous\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous.png\" alt=\"50_Anonymous\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Anonymous-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Nicole\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420586\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole.png\" alt=\"50_Nicole\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Nicole-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Enrique\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420579\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique.png\" alt=\"50_Enrique\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enrique-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Janet\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet.png\" alt=\"50_Janet\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Janet-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Olivia\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420587\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia.png\" alt=\"50_Olivia\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Olivia-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Erika\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika.png\" alt=\"50_Erika\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Erika-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Judy\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420584\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy.png\" alt=\"50_Judy\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Judy-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Sara\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara.png\" alt=\"50_Sara\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sara-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Saradha\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha.png\" alt=\"50_Saradha\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Saradha-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Sergio\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio.png\" alt=\"50_Sergio\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Sergio-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Max\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max.png\" alt=\"50_Max\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Max-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Roberto\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420588\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto.png\" alt=\"50_Roberto\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Roberto-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Enriqued\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued.png\" alt=\"50_Enriqued\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Enriqued-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>\u003ca href=\"#Elizabeth\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11420578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth.png\" alt=\"50_Elizabeth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/50_Elizabeth-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We reached out to as many of the people who'd completed the form as we could (some asked not to be contacted, some did not reply and some stories were so similar that we decided not to duplicate them), and took portraits of some of those who could meet up with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fun note to share: A human geography teacher at Lowell High School in San Francisco offered extra credit to his students who completed our form (and 24 of them did). We did this project in collaboration with \u003cem>The California Report Magazine,\u003c/em> which reported on the stories of four California immigrants (one who completed our form) whose lives are in limbo. You can read their stories here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We hope you enjoy these stories because — though they may differ from your family's experience — they are all part of the California story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380922 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2.jpg\" alt=\"An undocumented immigrant from LA County says the Trump administration's actions justifies his fear of "not obtaining my DACA status all these years, I do not want to be a sitting duck."\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-240x149.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/menow-qut2-375x233.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An undocumented immigrant from L.A. County says the Trump administration's actions justify his fear of \"not obtaining my DACA status all these years. I do not want to be a sitting duck.\" \u003ccite>(Courtesy of anonymous)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003ca id=\"Undocumented\">\u003c/a>Anonymous, undocumented, Los Angeles County\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy father came here without a visa or work permit, undocumented, and left all family back in Mexico. My mother, my two siblings and I were left back in Mexico City. He sent money for us and worked hard to save up enough to get all of us visas to enter the USA the safest way possible, with a B-1/B-2 or legally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration justifies my fear for not obtaining my DACA status all these years; I do not want to be a sitting duck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I came to the Bay Area when I was 10 years old and started the fifth grade without knowing the language. I hold a bachelor of science which I paid for out of pocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My field grants me access to sensitive data of a business or enterprise and I've always been afraid of leaving my workplace in fear of having to be e-verified if I’m rehired elsewhere that may be a government subcontractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately for me, I was stupid to gamble with moving forward and working at a Google-like perks and pay tech job — I was hired and let go after two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The Trump administration justifies my fear for not obtaining my DACA status all these years; I do not want to be a sitting duck.'\u003ccite>Anonymous, undocumented, Los Angeles County\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The laws now enforcing extreme vetting are very much in full effect. If this continues and tougher laws are enforced, such as verifying I-9 employment eligibility verification with e-verify through USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services), not only members of my family and myself but a whole lot of illegals who are hired by a lot of businesses will be out of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is sad because most are low-level/low-wage jobs or small businesses that rarely follow such procedures and only do the minimum, which is to file away a copy of an ID and social security card in case of an audit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having stayed under the radar for so long while doing my due diligence will no longer work out for me and plenty of others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the system has taken advantage to our detriment and used us for cheap labor. Now, they intend to further degrade us and keep us living in fear or simply toss us out for being \"Bad Hombres.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gokul Gunasekaran was photographed on the campus of Stanford University, his alma mater, on March 6, 2017. He entered the U.S. on a student visa and was able to stay by securing a work visa.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Gokul3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gokul Gunasekaran was photographed on the campus of Stanford University, his alma mater, on March 6, 2017. He entered the U.S. on a student visa and was able to stay by securing a work visa. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Gokul\">\u003c/a>Gokul Gunasekaran, H-1B visa holder, Sunnyvale\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI came to Stanford to pursue my graduate studies in electrical engineering. I graduated in 2011 and since then I've been working as a software engineer. I started my career at a bigger company. I worked there for three years. Since then, I've been working at a smaller startup in Palo Alto for close to three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, as one could imagine, getting admitted to Stanford, with all the tuition taken care of, was a dream come true. I experienced no issues getting my student visa as well. It was great. Up till then, my immigration story was very smooth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only after I graduated from Stanford did I realize the problems associated with working on a work visa in the United States. The system is definitely not encouraging folks to be independent, free, and to move from companies. It's not very straightforward at all. The laws are very complex. For the first few years, it was OK because I was just starting to work for the first time in my life. Immigration was not my primary concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once I wanted to switch jobs, that's when I realized how painful it was going to be to even just move from one company to another, let alone starting my own business — which is almost impossible to do. It's been downhill since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I've come to a point where I've spent close to eight years in this country and I'm starting to doubt whether I should still pursue this arduous journey here or should I give up and go back to my home country or another country like Canada or Australia, where they are welcoming to a lot more highly skilled immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is primarily with the green card process. They give out 140,000 green cards* per year; no more than 7 percent can go to one specific country. For people who are born in India, we are looking at a wait time of more than 50 years. I'll probably be 70 or maybe even dead by the time I'm actually eligible to get my green card. That is the biggest issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second thing is also the mobility on the H-1B visa. For example, let's say I want to switch to another company. The company sponsors me, but then I have to go back and start the process all over again (that's generally what happens and in any case, it doesn't change the fact that I'll have to wait so many years).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last problem is, for example, let's say I have been here 10 or 15 years, and my company is not doing well. If they lay me off, I have to leave the country within 10 days. I'm basically being penalized because I was born in India. That is the root cause of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I've come to a point where I've spent close to eight years in this country and I'm starting to doubt whether I should still pursue this arduous journey here or should I give up and go back to my home country or another country ... where they are welcoming to a lot more highly skilled immigrants.'\u003ccite>Gokul Gunasekaran, H-1B visa holder, Sunnyvale\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As far as the executive orders are concerned, I'm kind of scared right now to go back to visit my parents because I'm worried … whether the consulate will actually give me a stamp to come back to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, the uncertainties toward travel, whether we will get our visa stamping, whether our work visas will be renewed -- these are all adding quite a bit of anxiety to the high-skilled immigrant community. That's it in a nutshell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time I go back home or when I talk to my parents, they ask me if I’m close to getting my green card or do I have any permanency and I tell them, “No. It's not happening.” They ask me, “What's the point of all this? Just come back home and stay with us and stay close with family.” That is a decision that's been moving up on my things to do and I'm seriously considering that, unfortunately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system here is totally broken. I think my American Dream has been pretty much shattered to pieces and I feel like I could have done a lot more with my career back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear more from Gunasekaran and others about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/04/18/president-trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-h1-b-visas/\">the debate over H-1B visas\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Yibi's husband, Maguiber, was detained by ICE on February 9. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Yibi_ICE_4-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heras' husband, Maguiber, was detained by ICE on Feb. 9. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Yibi\">\u003c/a>Yibi Heras, wife of Guatemalan immigrant detained by ICE, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have been in Oakland for four years and I've been in the United States for 10 years. I met my husband, Maguiber,* at work and that's where everything started. We have three children.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her husband at their Oakland home shortly after 5 a.m. in February.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was washing dishes and I saw some people outside and I didn't know who they were. I thought maybe they were robbers. And so I went to go get my husband. And then they were already knocking on the window.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They said they were \"police\" investigating a case of hit-and-run. They asked Maguiber, \"Can you show us your registration papers that you have for your car?\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Like all of us, he's made mistakes, but he's not dangerous. You can't say someone’s dangerous based on immigration status or nationality. There are a lot of dangerous people who are born here in the U.S.'\u003ccite>Yibi Heras, wife of Guatemalan immigrant detained by ICE, Oakland\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So my husband went out. He opened the car up. He got the papers out and then a man came up behind him and I saw that he showed my husband a paper. And that's when he (my husband) said, \"Yibi, it's immigration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They started asking him questions. \"Do you have children? Are you married?\" He said, \"Yes, I have three\" kids. And when I saw that he was going to keep responding to the questions I told him, \"Keep your mouth shut! You don't need to answer anything. It's going to be worse for you if you keep answering them.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that's when the person that had been asking him questions turned to me asking, \"Do you have children? Are you married?\" And I asked him, \"Do you have a warrant?\" And then he said, \"No, it's OK. We only came for him.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They basically lied to him to get him to come outside. And that seems unfair, that seems wrong. So that's why I want to speak out. I would like to warn people who maybe they don’t have to respond to questions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(*Maguiber’s attorney asked that we use only his first name while his case is pending. She believes a recent arrest for reckless driving put him on ICE’s radar\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maguiber first came to the U.S. a decade ago. He was soon deported to Guatemala but returned after a notorious gang there attacked him and threatened his life.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like all of us, he's made mistakes, but he's not dangerous. You can't say someone’s dangerous based on immigration status or nationality. There are a lot of dangerous people who are born here in the U.S. It depends on the way that you're brought up — not where you're from.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When this happened, I was afraid to come back home. But I can't live with fear. I have three children. The oldest has a disability. I stopped working because he had an operation and it didn't make sense to pay somebody to take care of him. But now I have to look for other funds to keep surviving.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(An immigration judge will hold a hearing in June on whether to allow Maguiber to stay in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/08/how-trump-could-detain-more-immigrants-in-california/\">Read more\u003c/a> about the family's story)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We’re optimistic that everything turns out well, but we know that the judge has the last word.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to the full The California Report immigration special:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Saber Askar stands outside his apartment in East Porterville. A U.S. citizen, he is struggling to bring his family to the U.S. from Yemen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Moe-qut-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saber Askar stands outside his apartment in East Porterville. A U.S. citizen, he is struggling to bring his family to the U.S. from Yemen. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Saber\">\u003c/a>Saber \"Moe\" Askar, naturalized U.S. citizen, East Porterville (Tulare County)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My dad was a U.S. citizen, and when I was 15 he told me to come here (from Yemen). I came to Michigan. It was a hard time. I only had summer clothes; I was freezing. I worked in factories, and I applied for my citizenship. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a couple of things that are the best times in my life — one of them was becoming an American citizen. It’s the best thing I have. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">About eight years ago, my cousin said, “Please, can you help me with my store?” So I moved to California, and I love it here. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it doesn’t matter what I’m doing, there’s nothing to make me happy because my family is not with me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Moe would go back to visit Yemen for extended stays over the years. During one such stay, he married. He’d return home for long trips.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I try to explain to them, 'Just give me a little time and then you guys are going to be here, then you guys are going to be OK.' They make me bleed inside when I talk to them. I don’t know what to do. Every time I call I’m afraid they won’t answer anymore.'\u003ccite>Saber Askar, naturalized U.S. citizen, East Porterville\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’ve always wanted them to come here, but I was waiting for the right time. I wanted to find a good job and get a house. Then the war started. I want them out; I want to save them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s been two years now, and nobody stops killing. There is no gas, no electricity; they don’t have enough food to eat. My middle daughter, I think she’s about to lose her mind. She’s very skinny. She cannot eat. She’s scared because she hears the bombing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I try to explain to them, “Just give me a little time and then you guys are going to be here, then you guys are going to be OK.” They make me bleed inside when I talk to them. I don’t know what to do. Every time I call I’m afraid they won’t answer anymore. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want to die in this country because I love this country, but what’s happening with the new president here, it shocked me bad. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was thinking my kids were going to come here and have a safe life, a normal life, and go to school and have a future. But they’re not welcome here. There’s no place for my kids — not in Yemen, not here. So where can we go? I really feel insulted. Even if you’re an American citizen, you’re nothing. Nothing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Learn more about Askar’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/21/for-a-longtime-citizen-the-trump-age-brings-uncertainty/\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roya Soleimani was photographed in her home in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Her parents came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s to earn their doctorate degrees at the University of the Pacific and weren't able to return because of the Iranian Revolution.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RoyaSoleimani-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roya Soleimani was photographed in her home in San Francisco on March 1, 2017. Her parents came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s to earn their doctorate degrees at the University of the Pacific and weren't able to return home because of the Iranian Revolution. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Roya\">\u003c/a>Roya Soleimani, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents' immigration story is part of the vibrant mosaic and fabric of the United States. They came from Iran on student visas to attend the University of the Pacific in Stockton for their doctoral education in sociology and psychology. They finished in 1979, and with the revolution chaotically unfolding in Iran, they weren't able to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have called Stockton home since 1973, and have now spent more of their lives here. With their Ph.D.s in hand, and no option to return to Iran, they made the most of their situation. They could not find work in their respective fields because of the hostage crisis in Iran and the perception people have about them for being Iranian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My dad turned his talent of sewing into a business and has owned a tailor shop since 1982. My mom turned her education and passion for children into her life's work, and transformed a humble home daycare into a preschool, kindergarten and child-care center, with nearly 50 kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have been proud citizens since the '90s and have voted in every election since they could vote. They are active in their community, members of Rotary, and raised my sister and I with pride for our hyphenated Iranian-American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was born and raised in Stockton, and have held both sides of my cultural identity with so much pride. I speak Persian fluently, and happily balanced the rich culture, food, music and traditions of my parents’ homeland with my civic service, activism and patriotic nature of my American identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11418551 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Maher was photographed at the Ecology Center in Berkeley on April 20, 2017. He supervises the center's fleet of trucks and trains at risk youth in green collar jobs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DanielMaher_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Maher was photographed at the Ecology Center in Berkeley on April 20, 2017. He supervises the center's fleet of trucks and trains at-risk youth in green-collar jobs. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Daniel\">\u003c/a>Daniel Maher, former green-card holder, Hayward\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I was 3 years old, my family emigrated from Macau (a former Portuguese colony that’s now a Chinese autonomous region) to the United States. We were in Union City for a brief period. My grandparents operated a flower-growing business there, and we would stay with them, help with the family business, and \u003c/span>then,\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the family business kind of picked up and left and moved to San Jose.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I usually associated with certain individuals that really were misfits, I don't know why. Probably because I kept moving a lot in a short period of time. It was hard to make friends right away. Misfits are there for one reason or another. Maybe they were looked at as nerds as well. A lot of my friends were in gifted education, so we would bounce ideas all the time, good or bad, I’m not going to say.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The chance of being deported is on my mind all the time. I have all these plans, a lot of things that I want to get done. Is it going to be interrupted?'\u003ccite>Daniel Maher, former green-card holder, Hayward\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I’d just about turned 21 and I still had the same friends but they were off doing something else. I knew what they were doing. They had planned to rob drug dealers, and they had somebody else who was supposed to go with them. That person was unable to make it, so rather than scrap their plans they asked me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Daniel was arrested and served five years for felony armed robbery and attempted kidnapping; his green card was revoked and his future in the U.S. is uncertain because \u003c/em>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Trump has vowed to deport violent\u003c/em> felons.)\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I understand the underlying reasoning behind deporting violent felons, and I'm really not opposed to it. I've had a very short period of my life where I was actually that person who was convicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then I've been a completely different person. So does one moment in time justify changing a person's life for the long term or can we change it for the better? Can we give that person a second chance because he's shown that he's changed? I'm all for that second chance, but I would certainly understand if they wouldn't allow it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chance of being deported is on my mind all the time. I have all these plans, a lot of things that I want to get done. Is it going to be interrupted?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Learn more about Maher’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/20/should-a-mistake-made-long-ago-doom-this-immigrants-future\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A British man married his Mexican-American partner after a drawn-out process in which he briefly became undocumented.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Ssm_Wedding-bands-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A British man married his Mexican-American partner after a drawn-out process in which he briefly became undocumented. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of anonymous)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Anonymous\">\u003c/a>Anonymous, permanent resident, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI entered on a tourist visa and have since married my Mexican-American partner and gained permanent residency after a very stressful, drawn-out, expensive application starting in NYC and now ending in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I became undocumented as I \"overstayed\" my 90-day tourist visa while awaiting paperwork (from the UK) that I was told I'd need by the Office of the City Clerk in NYC, delaying our wedding. The irony being that the paperwork wasn't needed after all. But because we followed the rules we were told by a government official, I then became classed as undocumented (\"illegal\").\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy same-sex marriage could be reneged by the new administration and/or I could get deported due to being undocumented briefly before marrying, and my husband would then face the same sorts of issues trying to immigrate to the UK with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Fernandez was photographed at home in San Mateo on Feb. 28, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan in the 1980s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NFernandez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Fernandez was photographed at home in San Mateo on Feb. 28, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan in the 1980s. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Nicole\">\u003c/a>Nicole Fernandez, child of immigrants, San Mateo\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents immigrated from Karachi, Pakistan, with visas the year before I was born in 1982.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I really feel like being the child of immigrants shaped who I became. My parents and grandparents are literally the American Dream. They came over with nothing, minimal support from family. Until I was 30, I lived in a multigenerational home with my parents and grandparents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents worked really hard. My dad's a welder. He works with his hands. My mom's in the medical industry. Medical care. She works for Sutter. I'm just so proud of what they've been able to achieve considering their very humble roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My grandparents are in their 80s. They live in Palo Alto and you won't meet anyone who loves this country more than my parents and grandparents. They haven't had it easy. They taught us a lot about hard work and giving back to our nation.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Immigration still affects my family. I have many family members, cousins, second cousins who immigrated illegally. They now are all citizens and they are raising their children in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where we are nationally, I fear that more people are going to be going underground and as a society, we're not going to be benefiting from the beautiful diversity that immigration brings because so many people are going to be afraid to leave their homes or will self-deport back to their country of origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Yarce was photographed on March 1, 2017, at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he is a student and activist. His parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 3 years old.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EYarce3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Yarce Martinez was photographed on March 1, 2017, at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he is a student and activist. His parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 3 years old. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Enrique\">\u003c/a>Enrique Yarce Martinez, DACA recipient, Santa Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe came through border checks (from Mexico). I was in the trunk, for part of the journey, and then the back, covered with a blanket. My parents say it's a miracle that the patroller didn't see me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am DACA, so, slightly less illegal, I've heard. I saw a really good play in Santa Rosa, and they were talking about that, and they put it really well, because DACA isn't really a path to citizenship, like a lot of people think. It's like $500 every two years for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're at risk for being deported. I've lived here 19 years of my life in this country. I'm an American. If I were to be deported, it'd be such a culture shock. I love Mexico. From what I hear, obviously the government has a lot of issues, but the country's beautiful, but still, I wouldn't feel the same. This is my home, it always has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I always internalized this part of my identity for a very long time, because it's scary to think about. It's scary because it's very real. I remember one time my dad was trying to tell us, my mom and I, to say we're Chilean or something, because Mexico's having a lot of attention, with all the immigration and stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'... with a child and everything, they were doing crime scene cleanups, and cleaning offices, and just anything they could do to get money. You can get two tacos for $1 at Jack in the Box, and we would just eat that, a lot. I still like it.'\u003ccite>Enrique Yarce Martinez, DACA recipient, Santa Rosa\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>My mom was like, \"No, I'm proud of being a Mexican. I'm not going to hide from that.\" Yeah, I didn't really know yet, but I felt that way. Later, as I got older, I think about that a lot, and that was really important to me — how my mom stood up like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm proud of who I am, and my identity is complicated, but it's still who I am, and it's made me into the person I am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt's very uncertain. I know it's taken me awhile to finally feel like I can go to school and continue my education. I want to be a social worker, my major is sociology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was always interested in activism, community organizing. I do that stuff, I love it — it's my life. I want to continue to do that, I want to continue to help people, so it just feels ... I feel really paralyzed a lot of the times, because I don't know if all my work will just go down the drain, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Same with my parents, we were homeless when we first moved here, and that was rough, but they still managed to get out of that, I don't even know how.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's incredible, with a child and everything, they were doing crime scene cleanups, and cleaning offices, and just anything they could do to get money. You can get two tacos for $1 at Jack in the Box, and we would just eat that, a lot. I still like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm worried about my parents. I've talked to my mom about it, what it's like for her to not really have an identity in this country. She doesn't have any sort of identification. She's always felt, kind of, trapped. They live in Lake County, and there's not a lot of people of color at all, especially where we live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're just here, trying to live our lives. We're human like everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I remember this one time, I was watching a video about some lawyers on United Way and this woman at the end was like, \"I know things are hard right now. I know that it seems really bleak, but, we can do this. We can win. We can improve our lives. …\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I cried so much, I didn't even know ... I needed to hear that, but I really did because that stuff was really getting to me. Just the internalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've gotten messages because I comment on things, and I'm like, \"You're wrong, you know, I'm not a demon.\" Then people will message me, and threaten to call ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) or whatever, and I'm just like, \"OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a lot of hate, and that's really scary to me — that people would hate me just because I was brought here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380709\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Janet del Mundo, far right, with her mom and sister in 1987. Del Mundo's grandfather fought for the U.S. in WW2, earning him U.S. citizenship. He was able to petition for his children, including del Mundo's mom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1920x1439.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Janet-del-Mundo-1987-SF-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet del Mundo, far right, with her mom and sister in 1987. Del Mundo's grandfather fought for the U.S. in World War II, earning him U.S. citizenship. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janet del Mundo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Janet\">\u003c/a>Janet del Mundo, naturalized U.S. citizen, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy grandfather was in the Philippine Navy during WWII and fought on the side of the Americans. Because of this, he was granted U.S. citizenship and was able to petition for his children, including my mother.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI am fortunate enough to have naturalized legally through a family petition. However, I have many friends and family members who don't have the same opportunities. It's unfair and it dishonors the history of this country, which was, in fact, built by immigrants. Trump's policies will divide families and make us weaker as a nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What does growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. mean to you?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>For me, growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. means courage, hard work and sacrifice. My mom left behind her home and built up a life from scratch, at one point working two jobs, all to give her children a better life. It's kind of a cliche to say \"the American Dream,\" but that's really what this country is built on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11418771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11418771\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-800x938.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia and her husband walk together after their civil ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, December 2016. They wanted to get married and start Olivia's application for legal status before President Trump took office.\" width=\"800\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-800x938.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-160x188.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-1020x1196.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-1180x1383.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-960x1126.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-375x440.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/Olivia_Wedding-2-qut-520x610.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia and her husband walk together after their civil ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, December 2016. They wanted to get married and start Olivia's application for legal status before President Trump took office. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia*, DACA recipient, San Francisco Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI'm originally from Mexico. The whole entire family came here in 1999 and we settled down in San Jose. I started fifth grade I believe when we just arrived. And we have been in San Jose ever since. We call it our home. I live in San Francisco now; we've always been in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was finally going to have the wedding that I had always envisioned (in fall 2017), but then Nov. 8 (Trump’s election) happened and I panicked because I didn't know what was going to be my fate and that of my brother in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My birthday is Nov. 17, so that was probably the worst birthday I've ever had. I was pretty depressed. My boyfriend tried cheering me up, but I was just bummed. I didn't know what was going to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's just one thing after the other. It's just unbelievable. There's so much uncertainty and it makes you feel so helpless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have to sit back and wait and watch and see what happens. It's not a nice way to live, to have to turn on the TV or have to open up social media or have to follow a newspaper and read that these things are happening. There is no more -- there isn't protection for people with DACA. There just isn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I never pressured him to marry because I didn't need it. You know I was OK. I don't need to travel outside of the States. I have my immediate family here so I don't have anything kind of holding me back in Mexico. This is my life. I was OK with staying here being like in a cage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*Olivia isn’t her real name; she asked to remain anonymous out of fear of deportation. Learn more about Olivia’s story on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/12/dreamer-sees-path-to-escape-immigration-limbo/\">The California Report\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Erika Lee was photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she is a student, on March 6, 2017. Her parents and grandparents immigrated from South Korea in 1991.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ErikaLee-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erika Lee was photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco, where she is a student, on March 6, 2017. Her parents and grandparents emigrated from South Korea in 1991. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Erika\">\u003c/a>Erika Lee, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOn my dad’s side, my grandpa, his wife and three kids decided to emigrate out of South Korea in 1991 so that they could have a better future. My dad came with his older and younger sisters, and a few months later, my grandparents came and they bought a house. We still live in the same house today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom’s side is from North Korea. My great-grandparents were civilians affected by the Korean War in 1950. They had to keep moving south, which was safer for the family. So they went to a city in South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They didn’t have enough money so they decided to move to the United States in 1982, as one big family, for a better life and to get a better education. They migrated to Bay Farm Island (in Alameda), where all the kids went to school and graduated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as time went by, my grandpa wanted to move to a place near his job so the whole family moved to San Leandro, where my mom and dad met and married. They lived there for about three years with me, and then my family moved to my dad’s parents’ house in S.F. (that's because of a Korean tradition in which the eldest son and his family live with their parents).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is how my family migrated to America. My family was part of the migration stream: Lots of people were moving to the United States because of the opportunities to have better lives and wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Judy Christopher emigrated from Canada to the U.S. decades ago. She got citizenship last year. Here she is with her daughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/JudyC-e1490753809449.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judy Christopher emigrated from Canada to the U.S. She got citizenship last year. She is pictured here with her daughter, Loha. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Judy Christopher)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Judy\">\u003c/a>Judy Christopher, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI came on a tourist visa from Canada. Clearly moving. Two suitcases filled with personal belongings, important papers, photo albums, and with my cat and dog, on a one-way flight from Toronto to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overstayed my visa. Applied for permanent resident status after marrying an American. Was waved through at customs after secondary screening with a \"looks like you are moving — don't let us catch you working\" warning. White privilege!\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Overstayed my visa. Applied for permanent resident status after marrying an American. Was waved through at customs after secondary screening with a 'looks like you are moving — don't let us catch you working' warning. White privilege!'\u003ccite>Judy Christopher, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I worked for cash cleaning houses. I used the medical system to have my son without cost to me. And everyone kept saying, \"Oh, it's different with you.\" The only difference was my skin color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI got my citizenship a month before the election so I could vote against Trump. While I'm not worried about anyone in my family being deported (my three kids were born here), I am worried about other families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's \"victory\" will impact my family in that we will become more resolved resisters and more active in civil society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380713\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 604px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11380713\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Mostafavi, an Iranian-American immigration lawyer, on a visit to Morocco.\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut.jpg 604w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SMostavi-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Mostafavi, an Iranian-American immigration lawyer, on a visit to Morocco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sara Mostafavi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Sara\">\u003c/a>Sara Mostafavi, dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Danville\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI am an Iranian-American dual national by virtue of having been born here and having parents that are Iranian citizens. I am also an immigration attorney who represents many clients from Iran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new executive order has the effect of freezing travel between Iran and the U.S. for anyone who is not a U.S. citizen \u003cem>(Editor’s note: The ban is currently being challenged in court and has been stayed)\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My clients are scared, worried, anxious, and are separated from loved ones. They have PTSD from the post-9/11 immigration horror stories and they are reliving those moments again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have been playing part-attorney, part-therapist and part-fortune teller (without the benefit of a functioning crystal ball) when speaking to family, friends, community members and clients about the reverberations of this (Trump’s) executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-800x361.png\" alt=\"Sarah Rao with her parents at SeaWorld San Diego. Today, Rao, an 18-year-old high school senior, reflects on her dual identities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-800x361.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-160x72.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-1020x461.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-1180x533.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-960x434.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-240x108.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-375x169.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych-520x235.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/SRao_diptych.png 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Rao an 18-year-old high school senior, reflects on her dual identities. Right, with her parents at SeaWorld San Diego as a kid. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sarah Rao)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Saradha\">\u003c/a>Saradha (Sarah) Rao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents (from India) married in their 20s and moved here once my father was awarded an H-1B visa. I was born a year later. My father continued his work for the next 10 years working by contract with companies that would endorse the extensions for his stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 2012, my mother became a U.S. citizen and my father, later the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>My family is currently low income and dependent on welfare. I am also a student who is about to enter college, so we are extremely vulnerable to any of his actions, financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What does growing up in an immigrant family in the U.S. mean to you?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGrowing up in an immigrant family is definitely complicated. It's comparable to a balancing act. You have such direct roots to your parents' culture but also feel so much pressure to assimilate. To me it's been a lot about self-discovery. As a young child I equally expressed both halves of me, Indian and American, without shame or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'So growing up in an immigrant family means self-discovery and place-finding for me. No, being an immigrant or a first-generation citizen should not be defining. But it does mean something in who you are and what you bring to the table.'\u003ccite>Saradha (Sarah) Rao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As I grew older and I became more self-conscious and experienced bits of racism and xenophobia, I started to try to suppress my heritage. If I showed any interest, it was only at home around my parents. Outside of the house, I'd be utterly embarrassed at any association with India unless it was from another's praise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am a senior in high school and am just about to graduate. In high school, I was lucky to have found an environment that is accepting, and peers who have embraced me, and diversity in general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last four years, I've truly come to love and appreciate the complex relationship between my identity and my heritage. I constantly research online and ask my parents questions. In this time, I have also developed a nationalistic pride equal to that I feel for America, although I recognize that both have a long way to go before either are perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So growing up in an immigrant family means self-discovery and place-finding for me. No, being an immigrant or a first-generation citizen should not be defining. But it does mean something in who you are and what you bring to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be a struggle to balance the societal pressures and views of your family's origin and your cultural ties, but sooner or later you figure out that you don't have to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11419141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11419141\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio Herrera's parents came from El Salvador and Mexico. Herrera, a high school student in San Francisco, is pictured center in each photo with his mom, Maria, dad, Sergio, and brother, Joshua.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-800x475.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-1020x605.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-1180x700.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-960x570.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-240x142.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-375x222.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/SHerrera_mosaic-qut-520x308.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Herrera's parents came from El Salvador and Mexico. Herrera, a high school student in San Francisco, is pictured center in each photo with his mom, Maria, dad, Sergio, and brother, Joshua. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sergio Herrera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sergio Herrera, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy family's migration starts from two Latin American countries, Mexico and El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My dad was born in Mexico and migrated to America at 18 to find a way to support his poor family back in Mexico, who were living in a hut. He knew he wouldn't be able to support them in Mexico where jobs are really low-paying, so he decided to take a risk that millions of people have taken: jump the border in order to have a better life and higher-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, he had to face major obstacles since he entered the country illegally. He had to survive a two-week trip from his hometown to the border fence. He would then have to take another 24 hours to get through the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His goal was San Francisco since he had friends there, and after a long trip he made it. Eventually, he was able to get his green card and his citizenship, and save enough money for his family back home to build a house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother was born in El Salvador and immigrated legally by plane at age 25. Her parents were able to apply for a green card before she traveled to the United States and her green card was granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main reason for her migration was the fact that there was a civil war going on in El Salvador. She knew no one and basically had to start from scratch. Luckily, after about two years, her sister arrived in San Francisco and they were able to help each other out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in an immigrant family makes me feel fortunate that I had the opportunities to experience different cultures. It also meant that my family was different in a sense that we ate different meals than most of my friends: While they were eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch, me and my brother were eating tortillas with beans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also made me want to work harder knowing that my parents went through a hard time coming to the United States for them and their kids to have a better future. They did their part, so now it’s my turn to do my part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11379344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11379344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Maximilian Tiao, photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco on March 6, 2017. He is a member of Lowell's track and field team; his parents immigrated from South Korea.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/MTiao-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maximilian Tiao, photographed at Lowell High School in San Francisco on March 6, 2017. He is a member of Lowell's track and field team. His parents emigrated from South Korea. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Max\">\u003c/a>Maximilian Tiao, child of immigrants, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy parents immigrated by plane from South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both my grandparents (who are originally from China) and my parents didn't receive such a high education. They didn't have such a high income so, when my parents came to the United States, they really emphasized the fact. They're like: \"Oh, our next generation has to take care of themselves and be able to establish an education — for even their next generation as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They came to San Francisco particularly because they knew that, besides being close to South Korea, this place has innovation. This new place gave them an awesome opportunity to be able to do jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I believe that Trump's new executive actions will probably not affect my family since they’re all naturalized as U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But anything can happen, especially with one of Trump's executive orders halting funding of sanctuary cities like San Francisco \u003cem>(Editor’s note: San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have filed lawsuits challenging any possible reductions in funding)\u003c/em>. I don't believe that this will affect my family specifically, but it can affect those around — especially my friends at Lowell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380842\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380842 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Burgos' family emigrated from Panama.\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut.jpg 384w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/RobertoBurgos-qut-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Burgos' family emigrated from Panama. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Roberto Burgos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Roberto\">\u003c/a>Roberto Burgos, naturalized U.S. citizen, Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy mother was one of many Panamanians working for USAID in Panama. During the height of Manual Noriega's dictatorship, the U.S. granted visas to some Panamanian employees, my mother being one. She already had a sister living in San Francisco, so, after much preparations, and as the country's safety deteriorated, we flew in on December 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI don't know, and that is a problem. I feel that me and my family are pretty much established in the U.S., and that, as of today, the actions Trump has taken will not affect us directly, I feel uncertain about actions he may take in the future that could. I have a nagging feeling that it is very possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380848\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380848 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-160x290.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Diaz, Gilroy.\" width=\"160\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-160x290.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-240x436.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-375x681.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut-520x944.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/EnriqueDiaz-qut.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Diaz, Gilroy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Enrique Diaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Enriqued\">\u003c/a>Enrique Diaz, naturalized U.S. citizen, Gilroy\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How did your family enter the U.S.?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Illegally initially -> green card -> citizenship -> 4 siblings with 4 year university degrees!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Fear/anxiety/uncertainty among those undocumented and not appreciated for those that are now documented. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380917\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11380917 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-160x240.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Parrott, Lafayette.\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ElizabethParrott-qut-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Parrott, Lafayette. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Elizabeth Parrott)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Elizabeth\">\u003c/a>Elizabeth Parrott, child of immigrants, Lafayette\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How did your family enter the U.S.?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>My mother was an au pair for a family in Southern California, and my dad just came over on a work visa.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How do you think Trump's new executive actions/orders could impact your family?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>While my parents have become citizens, and my sisters and I were all born here, I believe the executive actions will lead to profiling (similar to what occurred in Arizona), of all Latinos and people who simply look Mexican. I believe that this type of profiling is a fundamental violation of my rights as a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11380852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Angelica Salceda, Firebaugh\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/AngelicaSalcida-qut.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Salceda with her niece, Sophia Marie Salceda, in Chowchilla. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Angelica Salceda)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Angelica\">\u003c/a>Angelica Salceda, child of immigrants, Firebaugh (Fresno County)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy mom came on a travel visa in the 1980s and extended her stay. 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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of supporters of President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/15/injuries-arrests-in-berkeley-after-rally-for-trump/\" target=\"_blank\">were met with resistance in Berkeley on Saturday\u003c/a> at one of several pro-Trump marches planned across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"396ggJkwbc13gOUirSggi0t6yqfSIneg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 500 protesters gathered at Civic Center Park in downtown Berkeley around 2 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/04/trump-supporters-take-to-berkeley-met-with-resistence/\">Berkeleyside reported\u003c/a>. Pro-Trump demonstrators, many from out of town, called for free speech, chanting “put America first.” Video footage of scattered fights show smoke bombs being thrown at a crowd and at least one man pepper-spraying a brawling group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos of the demonstration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Trump supporters and counter-protesters fight on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump supporters and counterprotesters fight on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Damigo, founder of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, helped organize a conservative rally in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 people after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Damigo, founder of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, helped organize the rally in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Trisha, who declined to state her last name after she received online threats for her participation in a previous protest, bandages Rudy McKay's head after he was injured in a clash between Trump supporters and counter-protesters in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trisha, who declined to state her last name after she received online threats for her participation in a previous protest, bandages Rudy McKay's head after he was injured in a clash between Trump supporters and counterprotesters in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"During the clashes between conservative demonstrators and anti-Trump counter-protesters, people on both sides threw cans of Pepsi. It was an ironic reference to a commercial that featured the soft drink dissipating tensions at a protest and was withdrawn after it was called insensitive. On April 15, 2017 Berkeley police arrested at least 21 people after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the clashes between conservative demonstrators and anti-Trump counterprotesters, people on both sides threw cans of Pepsi. It was an ironic reference to a commercial that featured the soft drink dissipating tensions at a protest and was withdrawn after it was called insensitive. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer medic washes a protester's face with milk after he was exposed to pepper spray on April 15, 2017. Berkeley police arrested at least 21 people during a pro-Trump rally that became violent after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer medic washes a protester's face with milk after he was exposed to pepper spray on April 15, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hundreds of supporters of President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/15/injuries-arrests-in-berkeley-after-rally-for-trump/\" target=\"_blank\">were met with resistance in Berkeley on Saturday\u003c/a> at one of several pro-Trump marches planned across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 500 protesters gathered at Civic Center Park in downtown Berkeley around 2 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/04/trump-supporters-take-to-berkeley-met-with-resistence/\">Berkeleyside reported\u003c/a>. Pro-Trump demonstrators, many from out of town, called for free speech, chanting “put America first.” Video footage of scattered fights show smoke bombs being thrown at a crowd and at least one man pepper-spraying a brawling group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos of the demonstration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Trump supporters and counter-protesters fight on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24970_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump supporters and counterprotesters fight on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Damigo, founder of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, helped organize a conservative rally in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 people after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24969_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Damigo, founder of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, helped organize the rally in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Trisha, who declined to state her last name after she received online threats for her participation in a previous protest, bandages Rudy McKay's head after he was injured in a clash between Trump supporters and counter-protesters in Berkeley on April 15, 2017. Police arrested at least 21 and said 11 were injured.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24971_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-9-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trisha, who declined to state her last name after she received online threats for her participation in a previous protest, bandages Rudy McKay's head after he was injured in a clash between Trump supporters and counterprotesters in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"During the clashes between conservative demonstrators and anti-Trump counter-protesters, people on both sides threw cans of Pepsi. It was an ironic reference to a commercial that featured the soft drink dissipating tensions at a protest and was withdrawn after it was called insensitive. On April 15, 2017 Berkeley police arrested at least 21 people after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24967_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the clashes between conservative demonstrators and anti-Trump counterprotesters, people on both sides threw cans of Pepsi. It was an ironic reference to a commercial that featured the soft drink dissipating tensions at a protest and was withdrawn after it was called insensitive. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11411593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11411593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer medic washes a protester's face with milk after he was exposed to pepper spray on April 15, 2017. Berkeley police arrested at least 21 people during a pro-Trump rally that became violent after counter-protesters clashed with demonstrators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/RS24965_20170415_BerkeleyProtest_Credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer medic washes a protester's face with milk after he was exposed to pepper spray on April 15, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Lourdes Martinez, an organizer who works with Latina women in the Bay Area, says that since the election of President Trump her clients have been on edge. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were times when it was like daily — we were getting people calling us with fears that ICE was in their communities,” said Martinez, political director of Mujeres Unidas y Activas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that rumors of immigration officials patrolling Alameda County have been increasingly more common, and she believes that actual sightings of federal agents have spiked, too, based on the details callers have provided. “They would see the ‘ICE Police’ jackets and vans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”FLueTo53DjveJXYESJDIKVAWY30QkzBp”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the heightened anxiety among undocumented East Bay residents, Alameda County and Oakland are funding a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbar.org/forms/immigration/acilep-english-printable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24/7 hotline\u003c/a> where immigrants can report suspected enforcement activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The hotline was launched this month and is operated by a coalition, known as the \u003ca href=\"http://centrolegal.org/legal-service-organizations-community-groups-joined-forces-create-alameda-county-immigration-legal-education-partnership-acilep/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Immigration Legal & Education Partnership (ACILEP)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The partnership is a collaboration between the Public Defender’s Office, Mujeres Unidas y Activas and eight other community organizations, and its purpose is to provide verification of suspected ICE activity, legal representation for detained immigrants and “know your rights” trainings at locations throughout the county, including schools and places of worship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the election, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan said she began hearing about immigrants skipping county health care appointments and pulling their children out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people are going underground,” she said. Chan felt it was important to provide support and legal aid to the county’s undocumented population, which the Public Policy Institute of California estimates to number more than 100,000. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Chan started searching for funding from local philanthropic organizations. She found a willing partner in the San Francisco Foundation, which pledged to match up to $750,000 from Alameda County. The foundation also matched Oakland’s contribution of $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n‘Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Marisela Esparza, SFILEN program manager\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This type of coalition is new to Alameda County, but will be modeled after the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN), which started a hotline to report ICE activity back in 2007. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear,” explained Marisela Esparza, the network’s program manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco hotline receives a call, the operator dispatches volunteer observers who go to the scene to confirm whether or not enforcement is taking place. If it is, on-call attorneys are sent to enter their appearance as legal representatives for the detainees and try to prevent immediate deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County’s partnership will work in much the same way, but it will receive more funding than the San Francisco network. This allows the partnership to hire seven paid community responders who will deploy to the site of a reported raid to check out whether ICE is actually arresting people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleni Wolfe-Roubatis, the immigration project director for Centro Legal de la Raza, told KQED that, “It’s important that community members know their due process rights.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that a common tactic employed by ICE is to have detainees sign a document waiving their right to go before an immigration judge, so it’s important that immigrants get legal advice during a raid so they don’t inadvertently deprive themselves of their day in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE officers have also been accused of letting people believe they are local police during enforcement operations. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The partnership is a collaboration between the Public Defender’s Office, Mujeres Unidas y Activas and eight other community organizations, and its purpose is to provide verification of suspected ICE activity, legal representation for detained immigrants and “know your rights” trainings at locations throughout the county, including schools and places of worship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the election, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan said she began hearing about immigrants skipping county health care appointments and pulling their children out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people are going underground,” she said. Chan felt it was important to provide support and legal aid to the county’s undocumented population, which the Public Policy Institute of California estimates to number more than 100,000. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Chan started searching for funding from local philanthropic organizations. She found a willing partner in the San Francisco Foundation, which pledged to match up to $750,000 from Alameda County. The foundation also matched Oakland’s contribution of $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n‘Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Marisela Esparza, SFILEN program manager\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This type of coalition is new to Alameda County, but will be modeled after the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN), which started a hotline to report ICE activity back in 2007. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear,” explained Marisela Esparza, the network’s program manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco hotline receives a call, the operator dispatches volunteer observers who go to the scene to confirm whether or not enforcement is taking place. If it is, on-call attorneys are sent to enter their appearance as legal representatives for the detainees and try to prevent immediate deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County’s partnership will work in much the same way, but it will receive more funding than the San Francisco network. This allows the partnership to hire seven paid community responders who will deploy to the site of a reported raid to check out whether ICE is actually arresting people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleni Wolfe-Roubatis, the immigration project director for Centro Legal de la Raza, told KQED that, “It’s important that community members know their due process rights.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that a common tactic employed by ICE is to have detainees sign a document waiving their right to go before an immigration judge, so it’s important that immigrants get legal advice during a raid so they don’t inadvertently deprive themselves of their day in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE officers have also been accused of letting people believe they are local police during enforcement operations. A recent \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/08/how-trump-could-detain-more-immigrants-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED investigation\u003c/a> revealed that federal agents who detained an undocumented Oakland resident told him they were investigating a hit-and-run as a way to get him to come out of his house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And according to a \u003ca href=\"http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9502&context=penn_law_review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review\u003c/a>, most detainees go without representation: only about a third of immigrants manage to find a lawyer and that proportion drops to around 14 percent for immigrants who have been detained by ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other counties in the Bay Area are looking at ways to support their own undocumented populations, but so far San Francisco and Alameda County are the only two with rapid response networks in place. Centro Legal de la Raza also represents many clients in Contra Costa County, so the staff has been exploring ways to collaborate with community groups there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Ilyce Shugall of Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is considering a measure that would fund support and legal defense of undocumented immigrants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, Shugall explained that legal service providers are hoping to provide verification and representation on a larger scale: “We’re still working out, on a regional level, how to best address the locations that aren’t going to have a hotline for their specific jurisdictions.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Advocates seeking justice in the case of Amilcar Perez Lopez gathered \u003cspan class=\"aBn\">\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday\u003c/span>\u003c/span> and \u003cspan class=\"aBn\">\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\">Monday\u003c/span>\u003c/span> to mark two years since the 20-year-old Guatemalan immigrant was shot to death from behind by two San Francisco police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/310013897\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting was not captured on video, unlike that of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/mario-woods/\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Woods\u003c/a> about nine months later. The Woods shooting propelled the San Francisco Police Department into an era of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/19/suhr-resigns-after-series-of-fatal-officer-involved-shootings/\" target=\"_blank\">chaos\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/12/federal-review-of-sfpd-finds-major-faults-in-every-area-assessed/\" target=\"_blank\">reform\u003c/a>, but the Perez Lopez case hardly registered beyond the tight-knit group that formed around the young carpenter's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were all present in the pouring rain at the scene of the shooting on Sunday for what the Rev. Richard Smith, a Mission District priest, called \"heart work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11336505\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11336505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-800x497.jpg\" alt=\"Advocates held a vigil on Sunday to mark exactly two years since Amilcar Perez Lopez was shot to death by two plainclothes SFPD officers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-800x497.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-160x99.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-1020x633.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-1180x733.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-960x596.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-240x149.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-375x233.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24420_alt_568-520x323.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advocates held a vigil on Sunday to mark exactly two years since Amilcar Perez Lopez was shot to death by two plainclothes SFPD officers. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Amilcar's story has touched us all very deeply and has given us an energy that I suspect many of us didn't even know we had to keep fighting and to keep saying our message, even when it seems like nobody's listening,\" Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez Lopez's story began in rural Guatemala. He left his family there to work in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed he encountered immigration officials along the Southern California border in 2013 and was released \"pending the outcome of immigration removal proceedings.\" He met a network of Guatemalan immigrants who work construction in San Francisco sometime that same year, according to interviews with people who knew him, and worked carpentry and other odd jobs until his death on Feb. 26, 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, the details of the shooting remain unclear. Perez Lopez had some sort of altercation with a man on a bicycle outside his apartment on Folsom Street, between 24th and 25th streets. Perez Lopez allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife from inside his house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear how the fight ended, but the bicyclist wasn't stabbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez Lopez was walking back toward his home when SFPD officers Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli approached him from behind. The officers were in plainclothes, and one of them tried to grab Perez Lopez. He wriggled free.\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"6H4UcSSQAzGzioCUXYMqdmxLrG50MaOl\"]\u003cbr>\nFormer San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr originally said that Perez Lopez turned and charged at one of the officers with a knife held above his head, and both officers shot him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/04/24/attorneys-autopsy-contradicts-s-f-police-account-of-mission-district-shooting/\" target=\"_blank\">independent autopsy\u003c/a> showed all six gunshots came from behind Perez Lopez, a new theory emerged: Perez Lopez was running toward the bicyclist, and the officers fired to protect him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tiffe and Reboli have remained on duty in the city's Mission District, while a criminal investigation into the shooting remains open at the district attorney's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Justice for Amilcar Perez Lopez group reconvened on the steps of San Francisco's Hall of Justice on Monday, where they were joined by Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Mission District Supervisor Hillary Ronen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters proceeded to lie down on the staircase, draping themselves in sheets spattered with fake blood and chalking outlines around their limbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrations criticizing the role of prosecutors in officer-involved shooting investigations have become a weekly ritual at the Hall of Justice, where the San Francisco District Attorney's Office is located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not satisfied with the time it takes to resolve these cases,\" DA spokesman Max Szabo said last week, adding that a charging decision in the Perez Lopez case would come in a matter of weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11336931\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11336931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the group Justice For Amilcar Perez-Lopez marked the second anniversary of Perez's shooting death with a rally and die-in at San Francisco's Hall of Justice on Feb. 27, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24424_20170227_JusticeForAmilcar_Credit_BertJohnson-4-of-9-qut-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the group Justice For Amilcar Perez Lopez marked the second anniversary of Perez's shooting death with a rally and die-in at San Francisco's Hall of Justice on Feb. 27, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the creation of a new unit in the district attorney's office -- called the Independent Investigations Bureau -- would speed officer-involved shooting investigations. Protocol around prosecutors taking a lead role in police shooting investigations is currently the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/24/s-f-das-effort-to-take-lead-in-police-shooting-cases-stalls-as-officers-union-seeks-negotiation/\" target=\"_blank\">subject of negotiations\u003c/a> with the police officers' union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the interim, it's really important that we get these cases done correctly and not just expediently,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney George Gascón has indicated in the past that prosecutions in this and other high-profile police shooting cases are unlikely, due to legal standards set decades ago by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning police use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the long criminal investigation has also indefinitely stalled a federal lawsuit on behalf of Perez Lopez’s family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florencia Rojo brought a message from Perez Lopez's father at the vigil on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the money he sent, we managed to get a corn sheller, electricity, potable water, and he will never see these things,\" she said, translating the message from Guatemala. \"He was earning a living and they took his life. The officer is corrupt. He took the life of my son. The death of my son cannot go unpunished.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He also believes that the Trump administration is likely to make good on the president's threats to punish sanctuary cities, in California and elsewhere, by withholding federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another change outlined in the memos is the removal of Privacy Act rights from people who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents. According to Gulasekaram, this would allow the Department of Homeland Security to publicize any crimes committed by immigrants. He believes Trump will use this information to turn public opinion against sanctuary cities and states like California, whose lawmakers have made public statements of support for the immigrant community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expedited Removal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expedited removal was used under the Obama administration, but was limited to people caught within 100 miles of the border and within two weeks of their arrival in the country. 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