The Trump Administration has targeted Southern California for its harshest crackdown on immigrants. For the past few weeks, federal agents have raided restaurant kitchens and Home Depot parking lots and roughed up U.S. citizens, sparking anger and protests across the country. In Northern California, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have arrested immigrants who show up for immigration court hearings. We’ll talk about how the administration has so far carried out its plans to deport millions of people and whether our region might experience the kind of widespread raids that have been conducted in Southern California.
How Trump's Immigration Crackdown is Playing Out in the Bay Area
Massive crowd gathered at the Ocean Beach of Pacific Ocean to protest ICE in San Francisco, California on June 14, 2025 amid protests over immigration raids. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Guests:
Tyche Hendricks, senior editor covering immigration, KQED
Jean Guerrero, journalist and contributing writer, New York Times Opinion - she is author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda" and "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir"
Catherine Seitz, legal director, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Tilman Jacobs, immigrant rights supervising attorney, Asian Law Caucus
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