Meet an Independent Journalist Covering Immigration Raids In Her Own Community
Earlier this summer, 17-year-old Kevin Robles was in his friend’s car driving through their neighborhood in Oceanside when he noticed vehicles with tinted windows and masked men taking someone out of a car. He started live streaming on Instagram and it went viral. But then a little over a week later, agents with Homeland Security Investigations showed up at his family’s home, smashing windows and tossing flash grenades, taking both of his parents into custody. Aisha Wallace Palomares was one of the first journalists to talk to Kevin Robles about what happened. She is an independent reporter who’s covering ICE raids in her hometown of Escondido, and other places around San Diego. She spoke with host Sasha Khokha about covering these raids in her community as an independent journalist.
Journalists Fleeing Authoritarian Regimes Now at Risk, as Trump Ends Parole Program
President Trump is ending a Biden-era humanitarian program that let people from some unstable or authoritarian countries come to the United States legally. Half a million people who’ve had legal protections through that program could now be deported. One of them is a journalist who fled Nicaragua and ended up in the Bay Area. KQED’s Immigration Editor Tyche Hendricks brings us her story.
Legal Immigrants Face Deportation After Decades in the US
A federal program called Temporary Protected Status allows immigrants whose home countries have been devastated by natural disasters or war to live and work in the US without the threat of deportation. But for tens of thousands of immigrants, “temporary” has lasted for decades. Now, the Trump administration is moving to end much of the program, which could uproot as many as one million people. Reporter Benjamin Gottlieb spoke to several people in Los Angeles who now find themselves in this immigration limbo.
